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WTO talks end with no breakthrough on Doha Round

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-03 03:27

GENEVA: Trade ministers of the World Trade Organization (WTO) members wrapped up a three-day conference on Wednesday with no breakthrough on the long-stalled Doha Round.

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"Ministers reaffirmed the need to conclude the (Doha) Round in 2010 and for a stock-taking exercise to take place in the first quarter of next year," Chilean Finance Minister Andres Velasco, who chaired the conference, said in a summary.

Despite repeating an uninsured deadline and planning to hold a further assessment meeting at an unknown level, WTO members remained divided on substantial issues, with hard bargaining lying ahead.
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