On the day Mr Bush asked Congress to extend TPA, his agriculture secretary, Mike Johanns, unveiled proposed adjustments to the subsidies America lavishes on its farmers.

• 就在布什请求国会展期的当天，农业部长迈克.；约翰斯宣布了对农场主补贴的调整建议，美国的农业补贴给得极为慷慨。