COSMETICS INDUSTRY COULD BE WINNER AS WTO’S DOHA ROUND DRAWS TO A CLOSE
March 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round maybe drawing towards a close, the cosmetics, soap and perfumery industries might start considering that a final deal may lead to the elimination of most import duties on their products, worldwide.
That is the ambition of a special chemical products sectoral negotiation within the round's market access for non-agricultural products (or NAMA) talks, which could well be written into a complete Doha agreement.
Diplomats and trade officials are currently debating what is ...
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