Tom May of Trugman Nash and David Krug of Family Dairies USA called for American and European dairy producers to cooperate in future trade talks to preserve their strong domestic mail markets and save family farms. DTC and Family Dairies USA Heralded Throughout EU Mark Killilea , a leading member of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, spoke to Family Dairies USA at their annual meeting on February 13, 1999. Mr. Killilea praised Family Dairies USA and the DTC for effectively advocating a farm family-oriented dairy trade policy. He also warned about the dangers inherent in following the trade policies advocated by the members of the Cairns Group. Based on an EU position paper , the EU is calling for equal WTO discipline for all forms of trade-distorting export subsidization.
Transparency is the theme of the day.
The WTO must address the export competition issue in a balanced and comprehensive way. New rules and disciplines, including transparency requirements, must be developed to cover all types of support to export. See the EU press release for more information. It contains Family Dairies USA policy resolutions for the year. The newsletter has been provided in Adobe Acrobat format.