France Urges Restart Of WTO Talks, Abandonment Of Agriculture
FRANCE - France's Trade Minister, Christine Lagarde, said on Thursday that France may suggest that the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization's worldwide trade agreement be restarted by putting agricultural issues on a different track, to be addressed later.
15 August 2006
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Nearly all of the obstacles to such a worldwide pact have come in the agricultural sector, where many countries are leery of giving up tariffs and subsidies, fearing destruction of their domestic agriculture industries.
France, as a member of the European Union, would have to convince the EU's trade negotiator to make the suggestion, Lagarde said.
Source: Cattle Network
