Latinnews Daily - 28 August 2003
BRAZIL: WTO failing on agriculture
The World Trade Organisation has failed to stitch together an agreement on agricultural trade for the key ministerial summit in Cancún, Mexico next month. Last night the WTO admitted that it could not agree on a draft for issues such as agriculture, services and industrial goods. It did, however, seem to be close an agreement on allowing emerging market economies to ignore patents on treatments for serious diseases such as AIDS and malaria.
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