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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9211
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/doha

Union is not prepared to support special treatment requested by China for lowering custom duties

Brussels, 14/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - While the 149 member countries of the WTO were redoubling efforts to reach a compromise (before the end of June) on the modalities (figures and other provisions) on lowering custom duties on agriculture and manufactured goods (NAMA), China has stoked up a row at the WTO HQ in Geneva by demanding that it be allowed to preserve higher custom duties than other developing countries. According to sources close to discussions in Geneva, and quoted by AFP,...

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