U.S. Says "Early Harvest" Doha Is Dead, Need Realistic Path Forward
The U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Punke has issued a statement to the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee on the apparent collapse of the attempt to reach an "Early Harvest" Doha Round agreement by December 2011 on a preliminary…
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set of issues, mostly involving least developed countries. He said that the U.S. would agree to "keep trying" if it saw some prospect that entrenched positions would change -- but it does not. Punke added that members should begin a new process of facing up to the situation as it exists, and planning a realistic path forward.