But Graham Barr, the director for Canada's multilateral trade policy division, remains hopeful the WTO will eventually
force meaningful reductions in subsidies and trade barriers.
The two - year proposed freeze on property taxes unveiled by Cuomo's tax
reduction task
force this week would require municipalities to stay within their mandated 2 - percent spending increase, and in the second year the benefit would apply only to municipalities demonstrating «
meaningful, concrete steps» toward permanent savings through consolidations and mergers.