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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9768

24 October 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/doha
Commissioner Ashton's first visit to Geneva where technical discussions on agriculture and NAMA are gathering pace

Brussels, 23/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - Little progress has been made since September in Geneva to overcome the dispute between the United States and India on the special safeguard mechanism for developing countries, the main reason why the ministerial meeting stalled in July (EUROPE 9714). Although there is a real will to pursue technical discussions, the coming elections in the United States, India and Japan and the international financial crisis are blocking any possibility of agreement at...

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