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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8752

21 July 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 41
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Mr Supachai calls for WTO text to be accepted - France against, endangering late July deadline

Brussels, 20/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Director General of the WTO, Supachai Panitchpakdi, has sent out an urgent appeal to the 147 member countries of the organisation, calling upon them to agree on the draft text published on Friday in order to conclude a framework agreement by the end of the month of the finalisation of the Doha round. This text represents "a balance between the different interests" and should therefore form the basis of a consensus, said Mr Supachai. He stated that...

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