13 May 2008

May Doha deal still possible

This article is excerpted from the 13 May 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”.

World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy said it is still possible that trade ministers could meet this month to work out the outlines of an agreement in the Doha Round of world trade talks.

“It is still doable,” …. “Political leaders are all agreed that the negotiations must be concluded by the end of the year and that there must be a deal before that on three of the 20 subjects on the table -- agricultural subsidies, agricultural tariffs and industrial tariffs.”…