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| | Inter Press Service News Agency |
 | | More than two millennia later, agriculture in Europe and in the United States appears to uphold a certain amount of this sanctity, the "holiness" established by the ancient rules named for Dunvallo Molmutius, enjoying immunity from the free trade doctrine that they are otherwise pushing through the globalisation process. |
 | | The European Union's agricultural commissioner, Franz Fischler, of Germany, has just rejected the possibility of deeper reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the subsidies regimen that supports the "inefficient" farmers and exporters of the 15-member bloc. |
 | | Instead, the European bloc should present a new position that keeps its promises for a negotiation round that would benefit international development, says David Timms, spokesman for the group. |
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