Archive - sept. 22, 2005

USTR Portman Backs Congress in Rejecting EU Call to Turn Food Aid Into Cash Transfers

21 September, 2005
U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman on Sept. 21 rejected calls being made by the European Union to agree in the ongoing Doha Round of World Trade Organization talks to convert U.S. food aid into cash payments, saying that he would fight to maintain the current system.

Tough Going on NAMA Formula Talks

21 September, 2005
The chairman of the Doha Development Agenda market access negotiations for industrials yesterday made some headway in jump-starting negotiations on a tariff-cutting formula - but sharp differences exist on details between the 'Friends of Ambition' led by the United States and the so-called 'ABI'