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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8708

18 May 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto
Doha round back on track - cautious optimism about framework agreement by the end of July

Brussels, 17/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The EU's offer to remove all export subsidies and give up on the idea of grouped negotiations on most of the regulation subjects (the so-called Singapore subjects), except for trade facilitation, has enabled the round of multilateral trade negotiations to be unblocked (EUROPE of 15 May, p.12). This has opened up the possibility of reaching a framework agreement on details of the Doha Agenda by the end of July. "The WTO volcano is smoking once again",...

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