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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9810

24 December 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/doha
Nicolas Sarkozy urges Barack Obama to take action

Brussels, 23/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - Speaking at a business summit on the fringes of the EU-Brazil summit in Rio de Janeiro on 22 December 2008, the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, urged President-elect Barack Obama of the United States to take action when he comes to office on 20 January 2009 to get the Doha trade round rolling again. The fate of the global talks now depends on the United States making a move on three issues: the special safeguard mechanism for developing countries in...

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