一个时期以来,美国一直要求举行新的国际贸易谈判,但法国总统密特朗却反对把农产品贸易自由列入议程。法国的立场是保护欧洲共同体的农业,使其免受美国“过剩”农产品的威胁。欧洲共同体的农场主正象他们的美国同行一样,由于连年丰收,也陷入农产品“过剩”的危机中。共同体的850万农场主生产的牛奶、糖、大麦、小麦和牛肉多得无法处理。仓库中的存粮去年已超过 For a while, the United States has been demanding that new international trade negotiations be held, but French President Mitterrand is opposed to the freedom of trade in agricultural products. France’s position is to protect the European Community’s agriculture from the threat of “excess” agricultural products from the United States. The farmers of the European Community, like their American counterparts, have also been caught in the crisis of “surplus” agricultural products due to bumper crops. The community’s 8.5 million farmers produce more milk, sugar, barley, wheat, and beef than they can handle. The storage in the warehouse exceeded last year