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Leaders seek fairness poor countries { September 11 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/4091019.html http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/4091019.html Leaders seek trade fairness for poor countries; protesters battle police Niko Price, Associated Press Published September 11, 2003 TRAD11 CANCUN, MEXICO -- Negotiators from 146 countries sat down to thorny trade talks Wednesday, with rich and poor nations pushing conflicting agendas on agriculture. Thousands of poor farmers, worried that more trade will drive them out of business, clashed with riot police who tried to stop them from storming past barricades blocking the site of the World Trade Organization meeting. One protester died after ceremonially stabbing himself. Leaders at the opening WTO session made clear they will try to level the playing field on farm trade by persuading rich nations to make deep cuts in the nearly $1 billion a day they pay their farmers. Those subsidies help U.S. and European farms stay profitable but make it hard for poor farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America to compete in a globalized market. The biggest opponents to subsidy cuts -- the United States, European nations and Japan -- wield tremendous weight in the 146-country organization, largely because their markets constitute the bulk of the world's economy. The United States and Europe agreed last month on a proposal for moderate cuts in subsidies and tariffs, but developing nations have said the champions of free trade must go further. A group of 21 developing nations have banded together to pressure rich nations for deeper agricultural reforms. "No longer can we allow ourselves prosperity restricted to a few nations," Mexican President Vicente Fox said. A draft EU proposal, obtained Wednesday by the development aid group Oxfam, removes references to the eventual "phasing out" of all subsidies aimed specifically at export -- a position that Oxfam called a disaster. "The gap between their rhetoric and their negotiation position is astonishing," said Jo Leadbeater, head of Oxfam's Brussels office.

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