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China blocking Doha trade talks says USThe World Trade Organization's long-running Doha round is stuck and a deal is impossible until China and other big emerging countries join real negotiations to open their markets, a top US trade official said on Thursday. Michael Punke, US More… |
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Doha trade deal key to recoveryThe conclusion of the stalled Doha Round of free trade talks is crucial to the recovery from the global financial crisis, World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy has said. 'The Doha Round, at this moment of the crisis exiting, More… |
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WTO's Lamy says crisis barriers hurting tradeThe World Trade Organisation must remain vigilant about protectionism as job losses continue to mount in the wake of the global crisis, director-general Pascal Lamy said on Thursday. Many countries had raised trade barriers - mostly legal More… |
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WTO scraps key Doha accord talk plansThe World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday dropped plans to seek a breakthrough for a new trade deal this year, risking an increase in protectionism as the world economy suffers its worst crisis in a generation. WTO director-general Pasc More… |
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Developing world takes West to task over crisisDeveloping nations at a UN aid summit turned the tables on wealthy Western powers, blaming them for bringing financial ruin to their doorstep and demanding a greater voice in global financial institutions. The meeting in Qatar, which concl More… |
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Talks next week on reviving Doha roundSenior trade officials will meet in Geneva next week to explore options for reviving world trade talks two months after the negotiations collapsed, US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said. "There will be multiple meetings going on in Gen More… |
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WTO talks collapse over farm rowGlobal trade talks collapsed after a clash over agriculture between the United States and emerging powers, including China, India and Indonesia. The breakdown came on the ninth day of marathon talks. The United States and India failed to f More… |
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WTO talks collapse over farm rowGlobal trade talks collapsed after a clash over agriculture between the United States and emerging powers, including China, India and Indonesia. The breakdown came on the ninth day of marathon talks. The United States and India failed to f More… |
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Little progress at WTO talksMarathon trade talks limped into another day on Friday but with little progress so far on the tortuous negotiations ministers said it would soon be time to decide whether a deal was at all possible. The make-or-break talks, called this wee More… |
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Make-or-break WTO talks beginTop trade officials begin a make-or-break session of world trade talks on Monday, haunted by failed efforts in 2006 and 2007. World Bank President Robert Zoellick has called the meeting "now or never" for the Doha round, which was launched More… |
