Brussels urges shakeup of 'medieval' WTO

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The European Union yesterday urged a radical overhaul of the World Trade Organisation after the embarrassing collapse of trade liberalisation talks for the second time in four years.

With Washington threatening to extend its "go it alone" strategy in global politics to trade deals, Pascal Lamy, Europe's trade commissioner said that although the break down in Cancun, Mexico, did not mean the negotiating round was dead, it was in need of "intensive care".

Warning that there was now a grave risk of the negotiations overrunning their deadline of January 1 2005, Mr Lamy said the WTO was a medieval organisation in urgent need of reform.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/wto/article/0,2763,1042772,00.html

[KoKo]

1. thanks for this post!

:kick:

[cprise]

3. No problemo!

kick :)

[central scrutinizer]

2. As Ving Rhames says in Pulp Fiction..

We're going to get medieval on yo' ass