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01 August 2008

Raj Patel on the Collapse of the World Trade Organization Talks


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Talks to expand the World Trade Organization havecollapsed after a week of negotiations. The talks broke down in partbecause India and other developing nations demanded the right toprotect their farming sectors against heavily subsidized imports. TheUS refused to accept the protections and insisted on giving UScorporations greater access to markets in India, China and othernations. [includes rush transcript]

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