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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 08:31 PM
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EU and US attempt to break trade deadlock
EU and US attempt to break trade deadlock
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2137739.ece

By Philip Thornton, Economics Correspondent
Published: 09 January 2007
The rise of protectionism is a key danger to the world economy this year, the head of the European Central Bank said yesterday as leaders of the EU and US met in Washington to find a way to restart the global trade talks.

Jean-Claude Trichet condemned the trend to more protectionism in trade and foreign investment that emerged in both economic blocs last year.

His comments came as George Bush and José Manual Barroso, the presidents of the US and the European Commission, held talks to find a breakthrough in the trade negotiations that collapsed in July over farm subsidies after five years of talks.

President Bush said the best way to help impoverished nations was to complete the Doha round of talks, named after the Qatar capital where they were launched in November 2001.

After the two-hour meeting Mr Barroso said the two sides were at a "defining moment" for the negotiations and it was critical to complete them soon.

Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner, and Susan Schwab, the US Trade Representative, were also holding talks yesterday.

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2137739.ece

My. The things that go on when your not looking.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 08:40 PM
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1. Except we're not a world country.
Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 08:43 PM by HypnoToad
We're a bunch of little countries with our own economies.

Are the globalizing elitists thinking about that as well?

I mean, will China want to be 'ruler of the world' when they'd only be a puppet to the Culigan Man or Clippy, the Microsoft Paperclip? Or the US for that matter? Will there be a US left, or is 'globalization' a codeword for 'abandoning the West'?

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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 08:47 PM
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2. The US and EU will never get rid of their farm subsides!
The poorer countries can't live with that. It's a dead deal.
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