Archive - août 2, 2005

The World Trade Organization rejected European Union plans to triple its banana import tariff

At the WTO's Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 28 July, severaldeveloping countries expressed many concerns about the state and substance of the WTO negotiations, as well as the process which theyfound to be not transparent or participatory.(M.Khor)

The WTO General Council meeting ended on 29 July without any of the anticipated results of additional agreements (or 'first approximations') on key aspects of the Doha work programme