Brussels, 02/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - After 24 hours of final negotiations , the 147 member states of the World Trade Organisation arrived at an agreement during the night of Saturday to Sunday on the modalities and objectives of the various negotiations which have still to be conducted before the next ministerial meeting in Hong Kong. The agreement reached in Geneva gives hope that the Doha round could be concluded at the ministerial meeting in December 2005.
The compromise, which seems...