President George W. Bush said on Saturday the United States was willing to make substantial cuts in farm subsidies to achieve a global free trade deal but those concessions could not be one-sided.
At a joint news conference at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, Bush and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva both expressed optimism that the struggling Doha round of trade talks would lead to a deal.
"I am leaving here very satisfied," said the left-leaning Lula, whose unlikely friendship with the conservative Bush has grown closer lately.
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