Australian: RICH and poor countries failed today to agree on a plan to open up trade in green goods, with Brazil fearing a major US-EU proposal raised on the fringes of climate talks in Bali was a protectionist ruse. At the end of two days of talks involving officials from 32 nations, including 12 trade ministers, a final news conference descended into farce as Brazil and the United States swapped recriminations. The proposal involves cutting import tariffs on a list of 43 environmentally …