Person: Keith Rockwell

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Riots as trade delegates barter over compromise

Anti-globalisation protesters battled with riot police today and tried to storm a convention centre in Hong Kong where World Trade Organisation negotiators raced against the clock to reach a compromise they hoped would rescue the talks from being a flop.

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EU blasted as culprit for holding up trade talks

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Race against time to revive world trade talks

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Farm subsidies come under scrutiny in trade talks

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Ministers agree world trade deal

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Major breakthrough in World Trade talks

India threatens trade summit after agriculture compromise

Marathon negotiations produced a compromise on agriculture that may keep the EU from sinking the World Trade Organisation summit, but India’s refusal to budge on key issues kept a deal tantalisingly out of reach today.

Wed, 14 Nov, 2001

After China, the tough talking starts

The euphoria that greeted the approval of China as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) died down today as ministers in Doha, Qatar, got down to the serious business of agreeing on trade talks acceptable to 142 countries.

Sun, 11 Nov, 2001