Latin American clique raises new stumbling block for WTO Doha talks

Ministers trying to reach a global agreement aimed at boosting trade and development moved into an unscheduled fifth day of talks after a small group of Latin American countries stymied an agreement at the 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Bali.Late Friday, ministers believed they had an agreed draft in reach after India and the United States came to a consensus on India's food security program and other issues regarding agriculture subsidies.However, early Saturday, WTO spokesman Keith Rockwell emerged from the room of assembled delegates to reveal that four of the 159 members Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua had rejected the package and the organization was preparing for another day of talks."We need to continue consultations and find a way to get this package in place," Rockwell told reporters."There's 159 countries.A wide selection of Lamp Shades and Lamp Shade Accessories, from traditional, Chandelierclassical to transitional and modern. We need consensus. We got 155 to agree, " he said.double sided tape is any pressure-sensitive tape that is coated with adhesive on both sides. It is designed to stick two surfaces together."Disappointing is the word I would use." 

Earlier Rockwell had described cheering and clapping among the delegates, with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Indian Trade and Industry Minister Anand Sharma embracing after agreeing a draft text, although the Cuban delegate had been clearly unhappy.Cuba's main concern appeared to be based on the removal of a paragraph regarding the roll back of the U.S. trade embargo against its Caribbean neighbor, said Rockwell, without going into the objections of the other three countries.The talks had been scheduled to be formally concluded at 3 p.m.Excavator spare parts parts for all sizes of excavators, cheap aftermarket spare parts, replacement digger parts. Friday, but 12 hours later the long-awaited conclusion to the 12 years of the Doha Development Round of talks still seeming unachievable.The four-day meeting that began on Tuesday was heavily focused on India's defiance on food security, as well as disputes over export subsidies and a proposed review of government purchase reference prices, which date from 1986-1988.Negotiations to reach a compromise had been actively brokered by WTO director-general Roberto Azevedo and meeting chairman and Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan, reports said.During the meeting, delegates agreed on an interim solution to food security issues until a permanent solution is found, and, provided that conditions were met, members would refrain from challenging through the WTO Dispute Settlement mechanism.