Brazil and Australia may question European sugar subsidies

21/07/2002 - 8h59

Brasília, 22 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The director for dispute settlement at the Australian Department of Commerce and Foreign Relations, Joan Hird, arrives in Brasilia tomorrow for talks with Brazil on how to question European sugar subsidies at the World Trade Organization.

Australia, along with Brazil, is a member of the Cairns Group, which consists of 15 agricultural countries interested in reducing farm subsidies. (AB)