Gendidektor WTO: The summit in Copenhagen – a model for the WTO
December 22, 2009 – 11:14 am took place in the Danish capital forum on global warming can be taken as a model in preparation for the Doha round of negotiations to liberalize world trade in the next year. This opinion was expressed by Director General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy (Pascal Lamy), passes Reuters.
“It is impossible to accept the outcome without holding informal meetings and consultations, and, naturally, without the participation of the United States, Brazil, India, Japan, the EU – key players in the market of international trade, they have a special responsibility for working out this agreement “, – quotes agency Lamy said.
The adoption of the planned agreement, an agreed position 153 WTO members, so in prior consultation largest economies should agree to reduce protectionist tariffs and subsidies to their enterprises, said the general director.
According to Lamy, on the summit in Copenhagen is easy to imagine a possible scenario for the upcoming debate in Doha: In the course ended last week and Environmental Forum 193 countries have failed even to set deadlines for the formulation and adoption of a legally binding instrument to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
prior meeting of the EU, U.S., Brazil and India – major WTO members – has not brought tangible results. Parties were unable to overcome differences on the issue of reducing agricultural subsidies.
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