GEORGIA COULD BLOCK RUSSIA WTO ACCESSION
October 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DIPLOMATS in Geneva hope Georgia will not block the hoped-for accession of Russia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the WTO ministerial conference from December 15-17. Most technical work and informal agreements have been struck between Russia and other WTO members, but Georgia has threatened a veto unless foreign customs officials monitor trade between Russia and the breakaway territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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DIPLOMATS in Geneva hope Georgia will not block the hoped-for accession of Russia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the WTO ministerial conference from December 15-17. Most technical work and informal agreements have been struck between Russia and other WTO members, but Georgia has threatened a veto unless foreign customs officials monitor trade between Russia and the breakaway territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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