Food Prices Too High 10. júlí 2006 13:54 Gylfi Arnbjörnsson, the managing director of the Confederation of Icelandic Labour, says that food prices in Iceland are in some cases 50% than in neighbouring countries, and would like to see the Minister of Agriculture look into the situation. Arnbjörnsson attributes the high prices to both heavy subsidies for farmers and a lack of protectionist import tariffs. Guðni Ágústsson, the Minister of Agriculture, countered the argument by saying that import tariffs reduce competitiveness on the international market, but did concede that more needs to be done to examine how to reduce domestic food prices. News News in English Mest lesið Vísbendingar um að síðasta vígið sé fallið Innlent Klara Baldursdóttir er látin Innlent Konan sem féll í Brúará er látin Innlent Ummæli Kolbrúnar blaut tuska í andlit ungmenna Innlent Deilurnar halda áfram og Musk boðar „Ameríkuflokkinn“ Erlent „Erum ekki dúkkur sem Snorri getur sagt fyrir verkum“ Innlent Kýldi konu eftir kynmök: „Hvað, getur þú ekki meira?“ Innlent Aftur logar eldur í Læradal Erlent Glittir í endurkomu sumarsins Veður Fimm frumvörp fjögurra ráðuneyta samþykkt Innlent
Gylfi Arnbjörnsson, the managing director of the Confederation of Icelandic Labour, says that food prices in Iceland are in some cases 50% than in neighbouring countries, and would like to see the Minister of Agriculture look into the situation. Arnbjörnsson attributes the high prices to both heavy subsidies for farmers and a lack of protectionist import tariffs. Guðni Ágústsson, the Minister of Agriculture, countered the argument by saying that import tariffs reduce competitiveness on the international market, but did concede that more needs to be done to examine how to reduce domestic food prices.
News News in English Mest lesið Vísbendingar um að síðasta vígið sé fallið Innlent Klara Baldursdóttir er látin Innlent Konan sem féll í Brúará er látin Innlent Ummæli Kolbrúnar blaut tuska í andlit ungmenna Innlent Deilurnar halda áfram og Musk boðar „Ameríkuflokkinn“ Erlent „Erum ekki dúkkur sem Snorri getur sagt fyrir verkum“ Innlent Kýldi konu eftir kynmök: „Hvað, getur þú ekki meira?“ Innlent Aftur logar eldur í Læradal Erlent Glittir í endurkomu sumarsins Veður Fimm frumvörp fjögurra ráðuneyta samþykkt Innlent