WTO TALKS TIMETABLE
April 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
COUNTRIES who failed to agree a set of binding 'modalities' targets for the ongoing World Trade Organisation agricultural talks have backed a timetable of meetings to try and secure a deal by September. They backed a plan proposed by talks chairman Stuart Harbinson to "organise technical and other consultations in order to facilitate progress on all fronts." These will start after Easter and aim to produce a draft agreement for the next formal meeting of the talks on June 26 and 27.
COUNTRIES who failed to agree a set of binding 'modalities' targets for the ongoing World Trade Organisation agricultural talks have backed a timetable of meetings to try and secure a deal by September. They backed a plan proposed by talks chairman Stuart Harbinson to "organise technical and other consultations in order to facilitate progress on all fronts." These will start after Easter and aim to produce a draft agreement for the next formal meeting of the talks on June 26 and 27.
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