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    WTO rules against cotton subsidies.

    BBC NEWS | Business | US loses cotton subsidies fight
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7046195.stm
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    As a single ruling this is great news for the world's poor farmers and for American taxpayers. That said I do wish the WTO would just make one comprehensive ruling on farm subsidies instead of dribbling things out one subsidy at a time. Let's bundle all the agricultural direct payment subsidies into one law suit and abolish the whole lot.
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    Damn. Canadian cotton farmers are going to be screwed.
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    • #3
      Yeah, and they already have a pretty hard time

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      • #4
        Pay them to not grow it. China will suffer for it.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Kuciwalker
          Yeah, and they already have a pretty hard time
          Have you any idea how hard it is to spot and pick cotton in a snowdrift?
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            • #7
              wow, the WTO aint been corrupted yet by the member states? It will be...

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              • #8
                The ruling is really meaningless (sorry Oerdin). The US can (and you bet they will) appeal.
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                • #9
                  I know the WTO does have a very lengthy appeals process but it seems like Brazil and other effected countries got the go ahead to start imposing fines on items using American cotton. Wouldn't those fines stay in place during the appeals process?
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                  • #10
                    I've been told that cotton is one of the most thirsty crops out there requiring even more water then rice. What I don't get is why we're paying farmers in places like California and Texas big subsidies to grow cotton when the regional climate is kind of dry. I mean in California they had to shut off several aqueducts last summer because there wasn't enough water for crops, people, and nature but we're subsidizing farmers and encouraging them to grow extremely water intensive crops?
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                    • #11
                      Heavy rain ruins cotton crops. You're better off irrigating.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Oerdin
                        I mean in California they had to shut off several aqueducts last summer because there wasn't enough water for crops, people, and nature but we're subsidizing farmers and encouraging them to grow extremely water intensive crops?
                        Yea, that's insane.
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                        • #13
                          Read up.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by SlowwHand
                            Heavy rain ruins cotton crops. You're better off irrigating.
                            Maybe if you had enough water.

                            Cotton is bad for the air too.
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                            • #15
                              You're a polyester kind of guy?
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