Australia has spoken out against moves from the EU and US to introduce dairy export subsidies to support their struggling dairy industries.

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Chairing a meeting of agricultural exporting nations in Bali, Australian Minister for Trade Simon Crean said he wanted to send a “strong political message” on the need to “fight protectionism and conclude World Trade Organisation negotiations”.


Ministers from the Cairns Group are meeting in Bali on 7-9 June to work towards concluding the Doha Round world trade talks.


“Now is the time for political engagement if we are going to drive the Doha Round to a successful conclusion. Only concluding the Doha Round can eradicate market-distorting subsidies such as dairy export subsidies that have re-emerged this year,” Crean said


In the face of falling global dairy prices, Brussels announced that it will reintroduce dairy export subsidies in order to shore-up the European dairy industry in January. The move was followed by the US Department of Agriculture, which reintroduced dairy export subsidies for US producers in May.

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Australia and New Zealand, both major dairy exporting nations, have led international protests against the subsidies.

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