"...At issue in next week's talks are agricultural and manufacturing trade barriers. The industrialized countries are seeking greater access to developing markets for their manufactured goods, while in return developing countries want lower farm subsidies and agricultural tariffs in the developed world...."

Brazil should have had AL Gore to help at the trade table.
"...While presenting a national award to a Colorado FFA member, Gore asked the student what his/her life plans were. Upon hearing that the FFA member wanted to continue on in production agriculture, Gore reportedly replied that the young person should develop other plans because our production agriculture is being shifted out of the U.S. to the Third World..." (as I heard it from an eye-witness Ag agent at Sanford Ag Extension Service)

second source left side bar http://showcase.netins.net/web/sarahb/farm/

It does not seem to bother the Brazil rep that EU officials came to his country and inspected his farms.
EU officials inspect Brazil farms
http://www.thecattlesite.com/news/22441/ifa-b...