WTO TALKS FAILURE

BY KEITH NUTHALLPOLITICAL decisions on scaling down production subsidies in the drinks and food sectors are the key to achieving a successful World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Development Round deal on agriculture, the talks outgoing chairman has said. Tim Groser warned negotiators that "the agriculture negotiations are stalled - there is no way to conceal that reality". However, he added: "At least we can now more readily identify the essential decisions (that) can restart this negotiation", enabling December's WTO ministerial meeting to agree so-called ...


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