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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8712

26 May 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Mr Lamy confident that agreement on DDA is possible by end July, "as long as others follow EU's example"

Brussels, 25/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Commissioner for Trade, Pascal Lamy, has described himself as optimistic on the prospects of reaching agreement on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) by the end of July. "Trade talks are like volcanoes, with three modes: sleeping, smoking and erupting. The last few weeks have convinced me that the Round is now smoking rather actively, and the stage is set for a decent eruption in July", he said in a speech in Geneva on Tuesday, at the WTO's annual...

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