U.S. disappointed by WTO deadlock over agricultural trade
The Bush administration has pledged to continue its efforts to liberalize global agricultural trade and reduce barriers to industrial goods, despite ongoing deadlock within the World Trade Organization.
The U.S. government participated in several days of WTO meetings on these issues in Geneva. The meetings concluded Sunday.
“We are disappointed but we will not be deterred,” said U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab in a July 1 statement.
“Last October, the United States took a risk that’s associated with leadership by putting on the table a major agricultural offer, expecting that it would be reciprocated by similarly bold moves by others,” she said. “That hasn’t happened yet.”
U.S. disappointed by WTO deadlock over agricultural trade
