Farm Subsidy Talks Facing Problems...

Farm subsidy talks are stalled with France balking at further reductions. France that benefits from nearly 25% of all European subsidies does not want to go any further. However, other EU countries are tired of supporting Frances pseudo-efficient agriculture and want to reduce European subsides. This line says it all where this world is on farm subsidies...

EU tariffs on food imports average 13.9 percent, compared to 2.4 percent for the U.S. and 29.4 percent for Japan, according to the World Bank.

Additionally, as Jacques Chirac descends in a hyperventilated hallucinogenic state of denial had this to say...

Chirac blamed the U.S. and ``large emerging countries'' for ``impoverishing'' the world's poorest countries by forcing them to buy U.S. food surpluses.

I am sorry, how does this work? Oh yes, Europeans that have no argument points left automatically accuse the USA of causing the problem. Sorry, I forgot that this is the proto-typical response. How droll.