The Doha talks are doing their best James Bond and simply refuse to die. Word is coming out of Geneva that after another marathon session, the G-7 (the major Doha players: Australia, Brazil, China, EU, India, Japan, United States) have come to some consensus over a general plan advanced by WTO Director General Pascal Lamy. It must be stressed, of course, that this remains a vague framework with the specifics yet to be determined, but it is a way forward and talks are going into overtime. Of the G-7, only India is expressing serious reservations about Lamy's framework, and Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim has raised his predictions of success from "50-50 to 65-35." You gotta love his precision - let's hope he's right.
Bridges has the deal's specifics if you want to get into the nitty gritty.
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