17/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - Ferry den Hoed, the new president of the FTA (Free Trade Association) has held talks in Geneva with WTO and ILO representatives. Their discussions mainly focused on Doha Development Agenda negotiations and the trade in textiles after abolition of quotas in 2006. In a press release, Mr den Hoed states that the Istanbul Declaration (backed by a number of textile producers' associations, calling for extension of the quota system) "is dead" and that "none of our...