"But an often untold story is that the European Union, U.S. and Japan deliberately left agriculture out of it, purely for internal political reasons (farmers=votes)."
Which is true, but quite odd. Remember when people playing Farmville surpassed the number of actual farmers in the U.S.? The number of people employed in farming in wealthy countries has steadily decreased, with no indication that the trend will change in the for-seeable future.
It seems to be yet another case of a large, established industry purchasing government regulation that benefits only the profits of those companies.
Which is true, but quite odd. Remember when people playing Farmville surpassed the number of actual farmers in the U.S.? The number of people employed in farming in wealthy countries has steadily decreased, with no indication that the trend will change in the for-seeable future.
It seems to be yet another case of a large, established industry purchasing government regulation that benefits only the profits of those companies.