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2008 is 'Make Or Break' for Doha trade talks

28 Jan '08
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But the cost of failure is rising, panellists said. Failure in the Doha Round would be likely to increase protectionist pressures around the world and result in a rollback from the progress already made towards freer global trade. Mandelson said the negotiations had become a prisoner to some extent of the American political calendar.

Campaigning is already underway for elections to replace Bush next January, and a new president is unlikely to be able to put the Doha Round at the front of the US policy agenda, he said. The new president is likely to want to review any commitments that have already been made.

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