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WTO chief urges EU and US to move on agriculture

By Alan Beattie and Frances Williams in Geneva, Martin Arnold in Paris and Raphael Minder in Brussels and Reuters

Published: October 20 2005 12:29 | Last updated: October 21 2005 08:44

Pascal Lamy, WTO, director-general, on Friday urged the European Union and the US to make concessions on agriculture to achieve a breakthrough in global trade talks.

“Both need to make efforts, and that is the issue that will allay the concerns of many developing countries who want freer trade”, Mr Lamy told French LCI television.

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