WTO DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND AGRICULTURAL TALKS THINK PIECE
October 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE CHAIRMAN of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) agricultural liberalisation talks revealed plans this week to run the Lausanne marathon, in a city neighbouring the WTO's Geneva. And whilst there are many of us who think sport running is for heroes or lunatics (or both), we can at least admire their stamina. That's an important point for New Zealand WTO ambassador Crawford Falconer. He's going to need it to chair these talks. This month's crucial round of negotiations have produced progress in agreeing cuts to farm production subsidies, at ...
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