Mandelson: Most key WTO members agree with EU on trade proposals
25 Mar '06
3 min read
On "deadlock" - or not I have set out in some detail the positions and expectations of the different players in order to demonstrate the progress that is still to be made. It may sound like deadlock. But I do not believe it needs to be. I think it is important that each of us puts himself or herself in the shoes of the other.
On the next steps in the DDA: We have, in my view, reached a new phase in the process of this negotiation. Since we are approaching the end phase in the DDA, we now need to deal with all negotiating areas simultaneously. There is a limited number of cards left on the table - and they are the big ones. They cannot be played in isolation. The lesson of the London meeting is that the time of incremental steps, small moves and small concessions, is over."
On the new Carnegie Endowment Study: "Winners and Losers: Impact of the Doha round on Developing Countries".
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