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The WTO Doha Round Negotiation: Suspended Indefinitely
On July 28, 2006, the WTO General Council approved Director General Pascal Lamy?s recommendation to suspend the current Doha round negotiation amid irreconcilable differences in negotiation positions among negotiators over main issues, such as the reduction of farm subsidies, farm tariffs, and industrial tariffs. No further negotiation schedule was announced. The Doha round negotiation has now slipped into total uncertainty. Moreover, this suspension has prevented the hitherto agreements reached by Members from becoming binding norms. These aborted agreements include substantial cuts in tariffs and subsidies, the elimination of export subsidies, and tariff/quota-free market access of exports by the least-developed countries