美国总统布什5月23日批准通过的2002年新农业法案,将国际社会对农业问题的关注推向了极至,更继钢铁201法案后,再次将美国鼓吹的“自由贸易”精神大白于天下。 根据该项法案,美国政府将在今后10年内为农业和畜牧业提供1900亿美元的补贴,比旧法规定的补贴增加了80％;其中不但包括对农作物的补贴,还包括对农产品出口、农业区的发展,以及消除饥饿等方面的补贴。就作物品种而言,向小 U.S. President Bush approved the new agriculture bill 2002 approved on May 23, pushing the international community’s attention to agriculture to a very high level. After the 201 Act, the United States reiterated the United States’ “free trade” spirit to the world . Under the act, the U.S. government will provide 190 billion U.S. dollars in subsidies for agriculture and animal husbandry within the next 10 years, an increase of 80% over the subsidies under the old law. This includes not only subsidies for crops but also agricultural exports, agricultural areas The development and the elimination of hunger and other subsidies. For crop varieties, to small