I was very glad to see the changes being made to the Common Agricultural Policy, and our Minister was absolutely right in promoting decoupling immediately. It must be of great concern to all Agriculture Ministers that changes have not yet been made in the United States despite the fact that Senator Charles Grassley, an Iowan farmer who is Chairman of the Committee on Finance in the US Senate, has tried to have some changes made in the way financial support is given to US farmers. It is awfully difficult for farmers within the European Union to compete with the subsidies given out in the United States. Is there any way the European Union can support Senator Grassley's efforts? We seem to have terribly little influence on what happens in the United States. A very good example is the way in which the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. Tony Blair, felt he had considerable influence on the President of the United States, yet when the President visited the United Kingdom last week, not one thing seemed to change, including the steel tariffs. Does the US Administration regard us as very junior partners or have we, as a bloc, much influence on what happens in the United States? Some of the actions of the United States are totally against the World Trade Organisation rules.