A shred of hope for seafood at the WTO

The move means the world could be closer to an WTO agreement that could result in freer global trade of seafood.

“We’ve now reached the limit for what the EU has to offer,” said EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson. He knows the French could block the proposal on a cut in the duty on agricultural products by an average of 47 percent. He also knows the United States and other countries in the G-5 group might say the EU is not offering enough to justify an agreement when the WTO concludes its current round, which started in Doha, Saudi-Arabia, several years ago.

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