WTO NEGOTIATIONS
February 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE STRUCTURE of the World Trade Organisation negotiations launched last year in Doha, Qatar, to liberalise much of global commerce, has now been set, with committees and working parties being given the task of agreeing detailed timetables for their work.Facing what is, (in WTO terms), the tight deadline of January 1, 2005, for completing all the talks, diplomats are under pressure to deliver realistic proposals in good time, a process which one trade official said required "determination and flexibility," qualities not always in abundant supply ...
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