More than 10 million West African farmers and their families will benefit hugely from a WTO ruling this week that US cotton dumping is illegal and must be stopped. A key actor in the case told us that the actions of the Make Trade Fair campaign, its supporters and allies made a big contribution to achieving this result. Your campaigning does make a difference! This is a major victory in the fight to make trade fair and we could start to see a domino effect of unfair trade rules falling away. But all is not won. There are elements in the US and EU who will fight back to defend the multi-million dollar interests of big business in continuing this dumping. Please e-mail President Bush and ask him to implement the legally binding ruling, which will help West African farmers and their families work their way out of poverty. Thank you again for
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