Agreement to launch new global trade round
Trade ministers from 142 countries reached a final agreement on launching a new round of global trade talks after their six-day meeting in Doha, Qatar. The outcome of the Doha meeting is a significant success for the EU and EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy. The new "Doha Round" will begin in 2002 and is supposed to be completed by 2005.
Trade ministers from 142 countries reached a final agreement on launching a new round of global trade talks after their six-day meeting in Doha, Qatar. The outcome of the Doha meeting is a significant success for the EU and EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy. The new „Doha Round“ will begin in 2002 and is supposed to be completed by 2005.
