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Barbados with other countries submitted a joint paper to WTO with suggestions for the implementation of the special dispensation for small economies specified in Doha declaration.

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

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

Barbados with other countries submitted a joint paper to WTO with suggestions for the implementation of the special dispensation for small economies specified in Doha declaration.

World Trade Organization members trying to finalize a sweeping accord to liberalize global commerce must step up talks on service industries, such as banking, telecommunications and transport.

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

'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.

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

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