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Re: [A-List] Big pig, little pig



Joanna,
 
Because the US has resources for the subsidy. Mexico and others cannot afford to so are happy with the dictation of not to subsidise.
 
Tariq
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joanna bujes wrote:

 
So, could someone enlighten me. How come the US keeps subsidizing its farmers, but requires that other countries, like Mexico, not do so?

Thanks,

Joanna

At 07:36 AM 12/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:
December 19, 2002

Nafta to Open Foodgates, Engulfing Rural Mexico
By GINGER THOMPSON

IRAPUATO, Mexico, Dec. 15 - A decade of hemispheric economic upheaval finally turned Eugenio Guerrero's life upside down last Saturday. That morning, he tried to auction off the pig farm that has supported his family and some 50 others for two generations.


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