DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND WTO MODALITIES DRAFT ISSUED – DRINKS ISSUES
June 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
HIGH import duties that especially restrict international trade in spirits will be chopped under a draft overall agreement for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Development Round agricultural liberalisation talks. These were issued last week by talks chairman Crawford Falconer, aiming at securing a deal by July 31. Trade ministers are already at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, debating decisions for the outstanding 760 choices indicated by square brackets in the draft. Falconer defended giving ministers so much work rather than ...
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