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Sarkozy rebuke to TV technician becomes web hit ... the table at trade talks in Geneva, would cut tariffs on food imports and subsidies to agriculture in an effort to open the markets of rich countries to farming products from poor nations. WTO Director General Pascal Lamy convened the week-long meeting of 35 leading trade negotiators with the aim of reviving the stalled Doha round of global trade talks. The Doha round began seven years ago with the aim of helping poor countries but it has been delayed by disputes between the rich developed world and poorer developing nations over cutting subsidies and tariffs.
(Deutsche Welle)
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