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AFBF: Commitment to market access needed

Published Thursday, December 04, 2008

American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman agrees with congressional leaders who this week sent a letter to President Bush opposing a December meeting of WTO trade ministers. Before such a meeting is held, Stallman said, there must be “sufficient evidence that WTO members are truly committed to granting meaningful market access. “Moving ahead with a deal that Congress and agriculture cannot support would be detrimental to the overall stature of the WTO as an institution and would provide no stimulus to the slumping global economy,” Stallman said. “In light of the deteriorating status of world trade talks, ...

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