Reuters: More meetings, no movement in intense Doha trade talks

"GENEVA (Reuters) - A week of intensive discussions on advancing the Doha round to free up world trade has filled diaries with dates for more meetings but done little to change positions in the stalled talks, diplomats said on Friday."

 
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"A detailed study by Global Trade Alert, a project by independent trade researchers, shows G20 members along with other countries are piling on measures to restrict trade."

""The full scale of the G20's failure to keep its no-protectionist pledge is now apparent," said Simon Evenett, professor of international trade at the University of St Gallen and one of the coordinators of the project."

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