World Trade Organisation [to 1 August 2015]

World Trade Organisation [to 1 August 2015]
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DG Azevêdo: Expect “intense, relentless” engagement on DDA issues in September
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo told a meeting of all WTO members today (31 July) that there had not been sufficient progress to deliver a work programme on remaining issues of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) by the 31 July deadline. He said that while this is a “very disappointing result”, it should not become an obstacle to achieving outcomes at the WTO’s Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in December. “This missed deadline does not represent a barrier to delivering in Nairobi – but it should be a wake-up call about our prospects for success,” he said.