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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9803

13 December 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/doha
Pascal Lamy says there will be no ministerial before Christmas

Brussels, 12/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - There will not be a “happy end” for the Doha Round this year. Given the lack of convergence on key issues - the special safeguard mechanism and cotton in the agricultural chapter and the sectoral agreements in the chapter on industrial products (NAMA) - WTO Director General Pascal Lamy said, on Friday 12 December, that he would not convene a meeting of trade ministers from some 30 key countries in Geneva from 17-19 December to draw up a compromise...

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EUROPEAN COUNCIL
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