COTTON SUBSIDY DEADLOCK BLOCKING PROGRESS ON WHOLE WTO DOHA ROUND
June 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DEADLOCK within the long-running political battle at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over cotton subsidies is blocking progress for the whole WTO Doha Development Round, diplomats claim. At the latest Geneva talks on the issue, India, China and Argentina warned "substantial negotiations [over cotton] are deadlocked and there won't by any Doha agreement unless the cotton problem is solved...," related a WTO official. The gloomy mood was backed by key African countries opposing cotton production subsidies: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad ...
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