Brussels, 01/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - The 160 countries that are members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) failed on Thursday 31 July to adopt the implementation protocol for the trade facilitation agreement reached at the ministerial summit in Bali in December 2013. Ambassadors had until midnight on 31 July to reach agreement, but India refused to lift its veto.
“The EU deeply regrets that the WTO was not able to adopt the Trade Facilitation Protocol within the agreed deadline of 31...