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and the tion are with u tsi 4y.".
i'fe pitewhat yon readandthep a a
serge fanners after an Wit. of their
r ,
PrOOdeut I . an's-tra
PlEc to d man le • s . support
pcutiT:T'is+caus n r
the bonier al..dian fazC+eiitai their
incomes stand to suffer f io'
Canadian govenunent:offiCtels fed•
in the fieldcreadily admit that i gun's plan.
to "wean" U.S. fanners from costly
pro that—sup p m_ l_for such
products as wheat, soyteans arid"c h 'tdid
cut deeply into the incomes of farmers in
Canada and elsewhere.
The main reason U,S: Prices; tend to
become the 'world price because- the United
States is the largest world ttader in most
swans&& farm=
asti
a Ittnral praducts,ti dtadiu* wheat and'
st4er
those prices areinft ted because, of the
complex web of supper* pmgxaim dating toy
the D si+au,'they are destined to fell as
Crop loans and each subsidises to U.S. farmers
'are rejitced orstripped away;
Arnertcan farmers will be spurred to
produce more to makeup for lost income,
th erelivfloodhsxftrevvorid market ' k c mrd shier°
depressing prices:
It is a worrisome prospect for fanners in
Canada, as well as their counterparts in
Argentina, Australia and Mope, who know
theprioes :they : command., are "influenced, if
not determined" by U.S. prices; said .lehn
One,fopmeAratthe E
1404 one been told "if you t. .
tied uprautsi 'the bun thou insu
you'll never Rake a ,Bp of 11."
Bearss sold 0%1031 MallageM00
pport pro unit
6;
Schnittker, a Washington -based..
Against this backdrop is the . fear
that should the strong U:& dollar to
drop beside its Canadian natuterpai't,,.the
,,c6mpetitive advantage eujoyseddrb Canadian-'
exports will shrink
The subject could be touched on at the
March -1740. meeting l `� and
Prune Minister Brian ulnommey ifl Quebec
City, but the more likely fonhrr ,is a meeting
between Agriculture Minister John Tee and.
his U.S. counterpart'John Rlock, in. asipxtl
A major sticking point in the debate so far
is that even: if' existing U.S policy has led to
Pagers still"
aaver r as the�e of high
interest rates and pl ng,land values
The current spent of activity'by Congress to
pmvide. beefed up . eixieigeney . Ioaus t,;-..
w faaneirs intimefarap ng planting is a igni,.
• tion of the problem. Reagan has already been,
forted to ease credit terms for his 4600 -mil-
lion relief program, but he is tweeted to veto
ea esstonirlgrCIWto mkt r_ prey o ,
Regardless,the battle' over shoo`- terror
relief ,has pushed the debate over long -tea
polleyinto the national' spotlight.
T 2�gaih:planispactof ode veto reduce
tiie $200 -billion U.S federal defiidt.
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