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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9241
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/doha

WTO General Council officially suspends talks indefinitely

Brussels, 27/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - In Geneva, on Thursday, at the request of WTO Director General Pascal Lamy, the ambassadors of the 149 WTO member nations, meeting in General Council, officially agreed to suspend Doha Round talks indefinitely after the stalled meeting on 24 July when the major G-6 trading powers (EU, United States, Brazil, India, Australia and Japan) were unable to reach a compromise on the modalities (figures and other provisions) for trade liberalisation in...

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