Selon eux, ces dispositions affectaient négativement leurs exportations de maïs, de sorgo et de soja vers l'Espagne et le Portugal.De ce fait, ils ont demandé à la Communauté des compensations immédiates dans le domaine agricole pour un manque à gagner qu'ils évaluaient initiallement à 1 milliard $. La Communau
té estimait que les objections américaines n'étaien
t pas justifiées et que les conséquences de l'élargissement devaient être examinées dans leur ensemble sans isoler le secteur agricole. En effet, la réduction importante des droits de douane sur les
...[+++] produits industriels dans les deux nouveaux Etats membres bénéficiera aux pays tiers.Under the arrangement : - the United States recognized the Community's Mediterranean agreements and undertook not to make any further complaints about the preferences for Mediterranean citrus fruit ; - the two parties agreed on a number of concessions in the form of tariff reductions or quota increases, the Community on citrus fruit and almonds, the United States on products affecting the Mediterranean Member States, notably olives and olive oil. - 4 - ENLARGEMENT In March 1986, the U
nited States raised objections about the implementation by Spain and Portugal of the provisions on agriculture in the Accession Treaty. It claimed that the
...[+++]se provisions were adversely affecting their maize, sorghum and soya exports to Spain and Portugal. The United States asked the Community for immediate compensation to cover loss of earnings from the agricultural trade, which it put at a billion dollars. The Community considered the US objections to be unjustified and argued that the effects of enlargement had to be evaluated as a whole without singling out the agricultural sector in particular.