WTO DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND HONG KONG SUMMIT INDUSTRIAL GOODS
December 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TRADE ministers have imposed a tight deadline on World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiators to agree detailed goals of the industrial goods section of its Doha Development Round of liberalisation negotiations - April 30. This is the date by which an overall "modalities" agreement must be struck, which will say how much particular bands (by value) of tariffs must be reduced by all WTO member countries. It will also give detail on removing non-tariff barriers, such as technical rules and licensing, about which the global auto industry is ...
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