Statement by Statement of Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman on Upcoming World
Trade Organization Meeting in Seattle November 24, 1999
                                                               
                                            Release No. 0468.99

Statement
                               by
                                
Statement of Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman on Upcoming World Trade
                Organization Meeting in Seattle
                                
                       November 24, 1999
                                
                                
     "Next week in Seattle, this Administration will continue our aggressive
efforts to level the playing field for our farmers.  While the Seattle meeting
is only a start to the negotiations, I am confident that it will be an
important step toward the expansion of free and fair agricultural trade around
the globe.  

     The importance of trade for America's farmers and ranchers cannot be
overstated.  Agriculture is more than twice as dependent on exports as the
overall economy.  More open trade means more opportunities for our farmers to
sell their products overseas and to prosper in the new millennium.  Our
farmers, the most productive in the world, compete and win when assured a
level playing field.   
                                
                                
                                
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