Subsidy WatchIssue 19, December 2007


News

  • The European Commission's recommendations for reforming the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - the so-called "Health Check" - have come under criticism from European governments and environmental campaigners, albeit for different reasons.

    On 20 November the EC unveiled proposals for the next phase of changes to European agricultural policy. Among the recommended reforms would be cuts in direct payments to Europe's largest farms.

  • With the international price of a barrel of oil nudging USD100 a barrel mark, Malaysia, with its long history of of subsidizing consumer prices for petroleum products, is being forced to re-consider its policies.

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