DOWN ON THE FARM
10/01/2007 00:00
by MONITOR
SOME mildly optimistic words about a world trade settlement were spoken in Washington on Monday after EU president Jose Manuel Barroso met President Bush and EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson talked with Susan Schwab his opposite number in the US administration. The so-called Doha Round of talks to establish better trade terms for developing nations have been inactive for several months, mainly because of the inability of Europe and the United States to agree on deep cuts to the subsidies they pay to their farmers.
Also in Holiday
- UK entry visa comes into force on Wednesday
- Curtain comes down on Son Amar, the popular Mallorca nightspot
- New train service will have 10 kilometre underground section, linked with Palma airport
- Mallorca beaches at Soller and Andratx covered by thousands of 'little sails'
- The Mallorca weather forecast (April 1). Enjoy the good weather while it lasts!
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