At Ministerial, TPP Countries Remain At Odds Over Export Subsidies Rules

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade ministers at their three-day meeting last month in Sydney failed to resolve a simmering disagreement over how a final deal should discipline agricultural export subsidies, a debate in which the United States is isolated and facing off against major opponents of export subsidies like Australia and New Zealand, according to informed sources. The fight revolves around the scope of a proposed ban on the use of export subsidies to support the sale of agricultural goods within...