WTO DOHA ROUND TALKS COLLAPSE
August 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD'S trade ministers will this autumn consider whether they want to restart the WTO's Doha Development Round, which has been suspended amidst disagreement over its final food trade goals. Key players such as the USA, the EU, Australia, India and Brazil were unable in last-ditch talks to meet each other's demand to cut food production subsidies, food tariffs and industrial duties.
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THE WORLD'S trade ministers will this autumn consider whether they want to restart the WTO's Doha Development Round, which has been suspended amidst disagreement over its final food trade goals. Key players such as the USA, the EU, Australia, India and Brazil were unable in last-ditch talks to meet each other's demand to cut food production subsidies, food tariffs and industrial duties.
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