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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9451

22 June 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/doha
Failure of G4 negotiations at Potsdam - Peter Mandelson refuses to interpret this as test of strength between North and South

Brussels, 21/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - Nothing was getting out of Potsdam in Germany from Tuesday's meeting (behind closed doors) between leading G4 negotiators, trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson and his US, Brazilian and Indian counterparts, Susan Schwab, Celso Amorim and Kamal Nath, respectively. The media had effectively been excluded from discussions. This was suddenly shattered on Thursday afternoon when Indian and Brazilian negotiators decided to leave the negotiations early. During a...

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(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Failure of G4 negotiations at Potsdam - Peter Mandelson refuses to interpret this as test of strength between North and South
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