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WTO Meeting Collapses Over Singapore Issues
By Jane Kelsey at WTO in Cancun
Bedlam broke out in Cancun at around
2.10 pm after the Kenyan delegate emerged from deadokced
talks on the Singapore issues of investment, competition,
government procurement and trade facilitation and announced
that the ministerial meeting had collapsed. The African
Carribean and Pacific Grouping (ACP), the Africa Group and
the Least Devleoped Countries stood firm, insisting that
there was no consensus to proceed with negotiations on these
issues. The EU was immovable. Formal
confirmation is expected within the hour.
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