WTO WILL MISS DECEMBER TALKS END DEADLINE – LAMY
July 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) will now miss its December deadline for wrapping up a Doha Development Round that would have slashed food production subsides and protective tariffs, the WTO director general Pascal Lamy has admitted. Speaking after a meeting of the organisation's trade negotiations committee, Lamy said: "We will certainly not conclude the round this year." He will recommend a formal suspension of the talks to a Thursday meeting of the WTO general council, something that will be rubber-stamped. The director general ...
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