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WTO members trying to finalize a sweeping accord to liberalize global commerce must step up talks on service industries

Failure to pick up the pace could undermine advances in other crucial areas of WTO talks, said Hamid Mamdouh, director of the WTO Trade in Services Division.

Concentration in agricultural markets continues to rise according to statistics released by National Farmers Union during its 103rd anniversary convention in Lexington, Kentucky.

A new round of extended negotiations at the WTO was launched as a result of the Doha ministerial declaration.

The United States is unlikely to propose any new, significant initiatives on 'Mode 4' in its revised offer.

'Developing countries must therefore also take steps to remove their own trade barriers' -RATO

Developing countries led by Brazil, China, India, and Mexico have complained that the Mode 4 offers put forward in the services negotiations to date are insufficient and must be improved.

'it has to be cosidered in the context in debt sustainability, lasting povety reductiontion and sustainedined growth'- RATO

Developing countries would benefit substantially if they cut their own trade barriers and farm subsidies, Agence France Presse reports IMF Director General Rodrigo Rato said Wednesday.

The United States is unlikely to propose any new, significant initiatives on 'Mode 4' in its revised offer.