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Reality check and the world trade regime, BUSINESS TIMES
Business Times (Malaysia), July, 2001 by Hardev Kaur
Business Times (Malaysia) 07-30-2001 THE "reality check" begins at the World Trade Organization's (WTO) headquarters in Geneva today. It aims to outline elements of "convergence and divergence across a variety of potential negotiating areas" in preparation for the fourth Ministerial meeting at Doha, Qatar.
Even as the final countdown begins "the gaps among positions on key issues remain", says Stuart Harbinson, WTO's general council chairman. And this, while attempting to create a momentum for the launch of a new round of multilateral trade negotiations. According to reports despite the "open ended informal meetings" in Geneva members are yet to reach agreement on the majority of issues. These include Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights; Technical...
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