Monday, June 18, 2007

Trade powers set for last-ditch WTO push

(Reuters) - Top trade officials from the United States, the European Union, Brazil and India on Tuesday launch an 11th-hour attempt at a breakthrough in world trade talks that have long teetered on the brink of collapse.

World Trade Organization members pledged two months after the 2001 attacks on the United States to cut barriers to trade in the name of lifting poor countries out of poverty.


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