Another looming WTO challenge: U.S. farm subsidies and reform
World Trade Organization members will soon have to grapple with the repercussions of U.S. agricultural subsidies that likely exceed domestic support commitments while deliberating how best to discipline state support, analysts and former officials said on Monday. The Trump administration has provided $28 billion to support U.S. farmers grappling with the economic effects of Section 301 tariffs the U.S. imposed on China and Beijing’s subsequent retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural products. Those payments are expected to push the U.S. above...