The following is excerpted from a 31 May 2011 press release from the World Customs Organization (WCO).

A package for least-developed countries is the most urgent and feasible priority for a first-step Doha Round outcome at the December 2011 Ministerial Conference, with another group of issues — a “plus” currently being discussed — having the next level of priority, WTO members acknowledged on 31 May 2011.

This release is available in its entirety on the WCO website at:

http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news11_e/tnc_infstat_31may11_e.htm

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