Summary: World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy on Tuesday warned member states that a serious assessment of progress toward a global trade deal was needed if an accord is to be reached next World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy on Tuesday warned member states that a serious assessment of progress toward a global trade deal was needed if an accord is to be reached next year.
Muscat , Oct 9 (ONA)--The regional workshop on assessment and identification the requirements and priorities on business streamlining negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO), will kick-off tomorrow (Saturday) at Barr-Al Jissa Resort.
Lamy's leadership of the World Trade Organization, which sets rules for global commerce, has been dogged by members' failure to conclude the so-called Doha round of free trade negotiations launched in Doha, Qatar's capital city, more than seven years ago.
Summary: The World Trade Organization (WTO) members expressed significant interest in a UAE initiative to liberalize the trade in raw materials during discussions on the non-agricultural products market, also simply referred to as 'NAMA'.
Because McCain is willing to take a hatchet to domestic farm subsidies and cut a far greater number of farm subsidies than the Bush administration, a McCain presidency could provide the necessary impetus to get an agreement out of the World Trade Organization, Scott Lincicome told a meeting of the Women in International Trade.
Negotiators compare WTO free trade deal to climbing mountain GENEVA - Negotiators at a meeting of the World Trade Organization on Monday compared reaching a deal on the Doha Round free trade talks to climbing a mountain such as Mont Blanc or Mt.
Ministers from 35 leading economies have been meeting at the World Trade Organization since Monday to discuss cuts in subsidies and import tariffs with the aim of mapping out a new deal under the so-called Doha Round of WTO talks.
