WTO DOHA ROUND TALKS COLLAPSE – DRINKS INDUSTRY IMPLICATIONS
July 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD'S trade ministers will this August and September be considering whether they want to make further compromises that could restart the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Doha Development Round, which have been suspended amidst disagreement over its final goals. Key players such as the United States, the European Union (EU), Australia, India and Brazil were unable in last-ditch talks to meet each other's demand to cut food production subsidies and tariffs as well as industrial duties. They left a draft agreement left on the table that ...
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