[C7] DEBATE OVER SUBSIDIES The recent increase in global food prices has fueled the debate over farm subsidies within the European Union.
France faced an EU investigation over subsidies to Electricité de France (EDF).
The candidates quarreled over subsidies for the oil industry, Medicare cuts, taxes and government spending.
The legal wrangling between government councils and the housing sector over subsidies for solar panels continues.
The fight over subsidies is blamed for scuttling world trade talks in Cancún, Mexico, in September.
None of these approaches require spending tax dollars, and would circumventthe entire debate over subsidies.
Meanwhile, he continues to wrestle with the French government over subsidies to its state-owned bank, Crédit Lyonnais.
Mr. Romney has long criticized President Obama over subsidies to "green" energy companies, including the bankrupt Solyndra.
A battle over subsidies to two planemakers, Boeing and Airbus, could yet erupt into outright trade war.
Mr. de Gucht also has led the E.U. response to a long-running battle with the United States over subsidies for the commercial aircraft sector.
The decision was the latest step in a long-running battle over subsidies for airplane sales that might be settled eventually only through trans-Atlantic negotiations.
