Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Brazil ready for global trade talks

Trade representatives for Brazil will be traveling to Delhi, India on Thursday in order to meet with emissaries from the U.S., European Union, and India. They will attempt to renew stalled global trade negotiations that have been stuck since the 2001 Doha round.

During a meeting with the U.S. president last Monday, Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emphasized the need to break the impasse between wealthy and developing countries:

“I believe that in this case there's no Plan B. Either we have the A Plan, or there's no agreement.”

Link- Washington Post, The Latin Americanist, World Trade Organization, Times of Oman

Image- Christian Science Monitor (Brazilian farmers demonstrating WTO discussions last July)

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