in july the official decision to cut the export refund for poultry to zero commission implementing regulation eu no which for other meats like pork and beef was already the case meant that for the first time since the s no export subsidies would be paid on agricultural products further at the latest wto ministerial meeting mc governments agreed to permanently remove agricultural export subsidies box there is a lack of data on the subsidy equivalent of provisions relating to export financing food aid and state trading enterprises making assessments of changes difficult despite this based on notifications to the wto since the launch of the doha round there appears to be some evidence to suggest positive developments in other areas of the export competition pillar wto a