EU, Brazil advance an ag proposal on public stockholding, domestic support

Hoping to break a deadlock that has stalled the World Trade Organization's negotiations on agriculture, the European Union and Brazil on Monday proposed cuts to developed and developing members' domestic support as well as provisions on public stockholding for food security purposes. Agriculture negotiations at the WTO have been stalled because the U.S. has refused to agree to any cuts in its domestic support programs unless China also agrees to cuts. China instead insists that it should not have to...