US, EU put pressure on developing economies
DOHA MINISTERIAL: DAY 1 D Ravi Kanth / Geneva July 22, 2008, 0:11 IST Trade ministers from over 30 countries began their crucial World Trade Organization (WTO) trade talks here today to hammer out modalities(parameters) in the Doha Development Agenda. Instead of hard negotiations to find convergence on the final numbers for tariff and subsidy cuts for Doha agricultural products and tariff cuts for industrial products, the first day was spent on political statements and mild mutual recriminations.
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