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<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100226-708897.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines"
target="_self">WTO Lamy: Doha Trade Pact Possible In '10, Wouldn't Say Probable</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>Wall Street Journal</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> - <span
class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Tom+Barkley%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC'>Tom Barkley</span></font></a></span> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span class=date1><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Feb
26, 2010</span></font></span><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>WASHINGTON (Dow
Jones)--World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy said Friday that completing
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Doha</st1:City></st1:place> round
of <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/aec282/Article/"
target="_self">Mustapa: Doha talks may be called off</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>Business Times - <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span class=date1><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Feb
28, 2010</span></font></span><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>THE Doha Development Agenda
(DDA), the current trade-negotiation round of the World Trade Organisation
(WTO) which started in November 2001, may be called <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://www.financierworldwide.com/article.php?id=6244" target="_self">International
Trade At The Cross-roads?</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>Financier Worldwide</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> - <span
class=author-link1><a
href="http://news.google.com/news/search?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=author%3A%22Lawrence+L.+Herman%22&scoring=n"><font
color="#7777cc"><span style='color:#7777CC'>Lawrence L. Herman</span></font></a></span> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span class=date1><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>5
hours ago</span></font></span><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>The world moves on. The
question is whether it will move so far and so fast as to leave the World Trade
Organization (WTO) behind. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a
href="http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-46569320100301"
target="_self">Weak Doha trade deal would hurt WT0, US says</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.6pt'><font size=2 color="#666666"
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:#666666'>Reuters <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> -
</span></font><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><span class=date1><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Mar
1, 2010</span></font></span><span class=date1><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ý</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
United States on Monday defended its position in the eight-year-old <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Doha</st1:City></st1:place> round of world trade
talks, saying it could not agree to <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.4pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:18.0pt'><b><font
size=4 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
font-weight:bold'>Political will needed to finish Doha – Lamy<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:18.0pt'><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Published:
28 Feb 2010 19:54:57 PST <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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<p style='line-height:13.5pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>WASHINGTON, Feb 26 - <a
href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/world.html" target="_blank">World</a>
leaders need to summon the political will to run "the last lap" this
year and finish the eight-year-old <a
href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/doha.html" target="_blank">Doha</a>
round of <a href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/world.html"
target="_blank">world</a> <a
href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/trade.html" target="_blank">trade</a>
<a href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/talks.html" target="_blank">talks</a>,
the head of the <a
href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/world-trade-organization.html"
target="_blank">World Trade Organization</a> said on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:13.5pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>"<a
href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/g20.html" target="_blank">G20</a>
leaders said last year they wanted to finish this during 2010. It remains to be
seen whether this political guidance translates into running the last
lap," <a href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/wto.html"
target="_blank">WTO</a> Director General Pascal Lamy said in a speech by video.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:13.5pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Lamy said it was
technically achievable to resolve <a
href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/manufacturing.html" target="_blank">manufacturing</a>
and <a href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/agriculture.html"
target="_blank">agriculture</a> issues this year that have long blocked
conclusion of the round.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:13.5pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>The overwhelming majority
of WTO members are eager to get an agreement, but "here and there some
constituencies are resistant," Lamy told the Bretton Wood Committee, a
group which supports <a href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/u.s.html"
target="_blank">U.S</a>. engagement in major multilateral institutions such as
the <a
href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/international-monetary-fund.html"
target="_blank">International Monetary Fund</a> and <a
href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/world-bank.html" target="_blank">World
Bank</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:13.5pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>The WTO's 153 members will
take <a href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/stock.html" target="_blank">stock</a>
at the end of March on whether the <st1:City w:st="on">Doha</st1:City> round
can be finished in 2010, as called for by the Group of 20 leading developed and
developing nations at their meeting in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:City>
last year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:13.5pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Lamy said he would not
offer an opinion on whether the political will actually existed to get a deal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:13.5pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>But he said the most
important thing leaders could do on the trade front to help the <a
href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/global-economy.html"
target="_blank">global economy</a> grow was to "keep trade open and,
second, keep opening trade."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:13.5pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>The world trading system
has survived the <a
href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/financial-crisis.html"
target="_blank">financial crisis</a> without significant protection, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:13.5pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>"Overall, the system
of disciplines has worked. The world system is no less open than it was at the
beginning of the <a href="http://news.alibaba.com/article/list/1/crisis.html"
target="_blank">crisis</a>," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:13.5pt'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>But "we are not out of
the woods" because of high unemployment in many countries that could
trigger protectionist moves, Lamy said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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