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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9166

4 April 2006
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Trade negotiations at the WTO are going pretty much in the right direction and the EU need not change its fundamental stance

In my opinion (which, admittedly, is not shared by everyone), developments in the "Doha Round" of world trade negotiations are not as bad as they are made out to be. What are the essential objectives of humanity, today? Fighting hunger throughout the world by helping the least-favoured countries to develop their subsistence production, whilst safeguarding nature and biodiversity. Trade interests must also take account of these priority requirements. Seen from this point of view, negotiations...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
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