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from the BBC –

Brazil slaps trade sanctions on US over cotton dispute

The Brazilian government has announced trade sanctions against a variety of American goods in retaliation for illegal US subsidies to cotton farmers…. 

….Critics say the US has given its cotton growers an unfair advantage by paying them billions of dollars each year.

In 2008, the WTO ruled that subsidies to US cotton producers were discriminatory…(more)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8556920.stm

ooooo – da doity bastads! And NO MONEY for SCHOOLS! – F.C.