In another recent case involving steel, President Bush chose to remove subsidies and therefore did not have to face the penalties.

On 15 August 2007 the government removed subsidies on fuel causing a rapid and unannounced increase in prices.

-Voted to remove subsidies to oil and gas companies.

The Government has also removed some price controls and subsidies, reflected most drastically in a 470 percent increase in the cost of gasoline.

In addition, the federal government removed subsidies for shipbuilding at Whyalla, forcing the operations to be scaled down.

All local bus services are now under threat of end of service as the County Council wish to remove subsidies.

One after another, the region's governments have been forced to delay or cut back on plans to remove subsidies, balance their budgets and control inflation.

If we remove subsidies and do nothing else, it will make things for third world farmers, and indeed our own small farms, even worse.

Now, as the Government has been forced to remove subsidies on food, Zambians find urban life impossibly expensive.

They haven't deregulated or cut taxes, or removed subsidies.