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Trade barriers and subsidies must be relaxed -- IIED

International trade barriers and subsidies need to be relaxed if the developing world is to fully benefit from biofuels, according to a report on ICIS news.

Disclosure (I work for ICIS.About ICIS)

My friend Mark Watts report is based on data from the International Institute for Environment and Development.

The report's author, Annie Dufey, says

current trade regimes are not fit for encouraging synergies and sorting out trade-offs. She says that any benefits from biofuels trade could be undermined if the sector continues to expand without improved policies and international coordination.

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