WTO Chief Azevêdo Presses for Speedy Resolution of Outstanding WTO Areas
World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiators and ministers must conclude negotiations in the coming days on customs cooperation and other unresolved issues docketed for the Bali ministerial round in December, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo told the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee on Oct…
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25. “Trade-offs and commonalities are becoming more evident," he said. "We need to move rapidly to reach final agreement on these issues,” said Azevêdo. “The second type of work is in those areas where we have made great progress in identifying conceptual landing zones, where divergence was still very wide just 10 days ago. Now we need to accelerate our work by translating this progress into text and locking it in.” Azevêdo has repeatedly targeted the end of October for resolution on all issues (see 13101008).