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Froman Warns Of WTO Irrelevance If It Does Not Leave Doha Round Behind

December 13, 2015 at 8:56 PM
NAIROBI, Kenya -- U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman has warned that the World Trade Organization may slip into irrelevance as a negotiating forum unless members use the conference in Kenya this week to free themselves from the "strictures" of the Doha round and embrace a more "pragmatic" approach to both new and old trade policy issues. In an op-ed published Dec. 13 by the Financial Times , Froman framed the Dec. 15-18 meeting here as the last chance for...

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