WTO DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND MODALITIES AGREEMENT PREDICTION
June 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) agricultural talks that could deliver improved global market access to hundreds of thousands of food companies are - finally - moving to a conclusion, with a first draft of a deal being circulated on June 19. Geneva diplomats say that member governments have now tacitly agreed to strike a deal by the end of June, that would clear the way for the WTO's Doha Development Round to be wrapped up by Christmas. International trade ministers are expected to descend on Geneva in the last week of this month to approve a ...
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