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Much the way Washington and Brussels help their respective main aircraft builders, Boeing and Airbus, the EU and the U.S. subsidize their respective agriculture sectors, albeit in very different ways.Much the way Washington and Brussels help their respective main aircraft builders, Boeing and Airbus, the EU and the U.S. subsidize their respective agriculture sectors, albeit in very different ways. In considering future changes to the Common Agricultural Policy, Europe’s farmers are asking for greater help in risk management (insurance and futures markets), more aid in the adoption of precision farming and less greening mandates such as Ecological Focus Areas. More than anything, they want simplification of the rules being imposed from Bruss...

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