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Bush, Blair to try reviving stalled Doha
trade talks |
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BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhuanet)-- U.S. President George
W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed hope that they
would revive stalled Doha trade talks sometime in the next few weeks,
Blair said on Sunday. |
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WTO formalizes suspension of Doha Round
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GENEVA, July 27 (Xinhua) -- World Trade Organization
(WTO) nations formally endorsed on Thursday the suspension of the Doha
Round trade negotiations, trade officials said.
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Lamy urges WTO members to resume
talks |
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PARIS, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The director-general of
the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy, urged Tuesday all the
members to resume negotiations with changed tactic and stand in order to
save the dying Doha round negotiations.
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| World Trade Organisation
(WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy opens the informal Trade Negotiations
Committee meeting at the WTO headquarters in Geneva July 24, 2006. Talks
by major trade powers to save the World Trade Organization's Doha Round
collapsed on Monday, July 24, 2006, leaving the future of negotiations on
a global free trade deal in doubt.(Xinhua
Photo) |
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WTO Doha talks suspended 
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GENEVA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- World Trade Organization
(WTO) chief Pascal Lamy formally recommended on Monday the suspension of
the Doha Round of global free trade talks, after a meeting of six key
trading powers collapsed due to differences over farming and manufactured
goods. |
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| EU Trade Commissioner
Peter Mandelson attends a news conference at the WTO headquarters in
Geneva July 24, 2006.(Xinhua Photo) |
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Doha still "priority" for EU
trade policy: Mandelson |
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BRUSSELS, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The European Union
(EU) will not give up on the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Doha Round
trade talks which were suspended this week, EU Trade Commissioner Peter
Mandelson said here on Tuesday. |
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Mandelson blames US for collapse
of WTO trade talks |
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GENEVA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The European Union's
Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson on Monday blamed the United States for
the collapse of the world trade talks, accusing Washington of refusing to
show sufficient flexibility over farm
trade. |
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Paris regrets "excessive focus"
on agriculture in WTO talks |
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PARIS, July 25 (Xinhua) -- France on Tuesday voiced
its regret about the "excessive focus" on agricultural issues that led to
the suspension of the trade talks of the World Trade Organization (WTO),
hoping they could resume on a sounder basis.
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