Urgent talks to salvage a global trade deal made ”some progress” on Thursday, ministers said, but officials warned the mood was dark.
Officials and diplomats were working on Friday on a range of issues ahead of next week’s make-or-break ministerial trade negotiations.
A World Trade Organisation (WTO) mediator issued new proposals on Monday for opening up services such as telecoms and banking as part of a global trade deal. But the new text, replacing a previous document issued in February, did not set dates for revised offers or final commitments in the services negotiations.
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/ 23 October 2007
Talks on a deal to free up world trade are making progress, developing country leaders said on Monday, but the chairperson of key industry negotiations said more needed to be done to reach an agreement. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the Doha round of trade could end in a deal by the end of the year.