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WTO Doha Round Summary 26 July

Day 6 Summary: Members reactions to new numbers

As outlined by the WTO, a new set of compromise numbers has been circulated to WTO members. In the first response of the full membership on 26 July 2008, all speakers said it would be painful to accept but several said members should do so nonetheless.

As members continued to examine this new “package” on Day Six of these ministerial-level talks, a group of ministers participated in a services signalling conference, postponed from Thursday 24 July.

The new numbers are proposed compromises on a handful of major issues in the agriculture and industrial products negotiations. They are the result of discussions the previous day first among a group of seven ministers (G7) and then the larger representative group of about 30 ministers (the so-called Green Room).

“The package will remain on the table as a contribution toward our work” WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy reported to members in the informal Trade Negotiations Committee, where the full membership can oversee the “concentric circles” of small and large meetings.