The Cairns Group, an association of agriculture-exporting countries in the Americas and Oceania, wants to abolish such safeguard mechanisms entirely.

ECONOMIST: Agricultural trade

The 17 countries of the Cairns Group, which includes Australia, Brazil and Argentina, have campaigned long and hard against export subsidies.

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Among those losing their seats in Highland wards include Bob Wynd, a former provost of Inverness, Dingwall and Seaforth councillor Peter Cairns, fire board convener Richard Durham and former deputy SNP group leader Pauline Munro.

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