Germany against WTO offer
When new negotiating drafts on trade in agricultural and industrial goods were presented by WTO mediators, it was no surprise that farming nations such as France and Ireland led opposition, but they were joined by countries such as Germany, which slammed the latest offer, in particular because they said newly proposed flexibility would enable large emerging economies such as China to shelter entire sectors of their industry from outside competition.
A majority of the EU’s 27 states expressed concern about the drafts. Poland and Lithuania were reported to have real problems, while countries such as Finland, Greece, Italy, Spain and Hungary were “concerned”.
