WTO TALKS FAILURE
March 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLWITH negotiators failing this Monday to agree liberalisation targets for the World Trade Organisation's three years old agricultural talks - missing a March 31 deadline - member governments are facing a stiff challenge.They have until the WTO's next ministerial summit at Cancun, Mexico, in September, to strike a deal or face potential chaos at this meeting. "The failure to meet the deadline for agreeing agriculture negotiating modalities is a great disappointment for us all. Negotiators must redouble their efforts in agriculture and all other ...
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