The Doha round of trade negotiations are staring their first defeat in the
face, with countries now virtually certain to miss their March 31 deadline
to agree on the next round of farm trade reforms.
The chairman of the agriculture talks, senior World Trade Organisation
official Stuart Harbinson, overnight resubmitted his compromise plan on
farm trade reform with only minor changes, despite his previous draft being
rejected by all sides.
A vast gulf remains between the radical reforms demanded by the United
States and the Australian-led Cairns Group, on one hand, and the minor
changes the European Union and Japan are offering.MORE ON...
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