WTO DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND HONG KONG SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE
December 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TRADE ministers meeting at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit in Hong Kong last night (Sunday) set a tight timetable for agreeing of the Doha Development Round's overall goals on agricultural liberalisation, saying these long discussed 'modalities' must be approved by April 30. WTO director general Pascal Lamy proclaimed: "We have managed to put the Round back on track after a period of hibernation". Ministers also agreed food export subsidies and related payments will be abolished by the end of 2013, with "a substantial ...
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