SARKOZY SPEECH CASTS GLOOM ON WTO DOHA ROUND PROSPECTS
May 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLHOPES that the departure of former French president Jacques Chirac from the Élysée Palace would help create an opening for the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Doha Development Round have been dashed. New president Nicolas Sarkozy told northern France producers that he would insist on guaranteed subsidies protecting French meat and other specialities. "This is an essential question for us and if they do not understand that at the WTO table, France will use its veto," he said.Commenting on talks preparing for a second attempt, expected later ...
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