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ERS research on the European Union (EU) addresses several key issues.
- The enlargement
of the EU to include Central and Eastern European countries, Cyprus,
and Malta has implications for production, consumption, trade,
and the EU budget.
- Agenda
2000, a 6-year internal agricultural policy reform package
designed to ease enlargement, impacts the types and levels of
EU support to its farmers, agricultural production, and agricultural
trade.
- Despite market
access commitments under the World Trade Organization (WTO),
the EU market remains restricted and agricultural imports into
the EU are limited.
- While the EU has cut export subsidies due to its export
subsidy commitments under the WTO, the EU's continued
heavy use of export subsidy promotes EU agricultural exports
in world
markets.
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