The Doha trade talks were supposed to be finished by now, culminating in an ambitious agreement to free trade in farm goods and services.

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To do that it's been expanding into other countries on the renewables ticket, establishing wind farms in Germany, France and the U.S. So far this year, Iberdrola has acquired Community Energy in the United States, two wind farms in Britain, and it has signed a tentative agreement to build a 1, 000 megawatt wind farm in northern China.

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By the end of 2004, there was to be an ambitious agreement on freeing trade in farm goods and services, with the emphasis on helping the poorest countries.

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While the U.S. government has spent millions in farm subsidies on the Fanjuls, the Cuban expats allegedly tried to torpedo the CAFCA free-trade agreement in the mid-2000s because it was expected to threaten their bottom line.

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In their letter they pointed out that this agreement would eliminate barriers to US farm products and manufactured goods while providing new sales opportunities for small, medium and large companies and their employees as well as American farmers and ranchers. (See Letter in Main News below).

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