Press Release: EU tables new offer in Doha World Trade talks; calls for immediate movement on services and industrial goods

The EU on 28 October 2005 tabled new proposals on agriculture and other areas of the DDA trade talks to its negotiating partners in the ‘Five Interested Parties’ (FIPs). The European Union recognised that agricultural negotiations had now entered a critical phase and it held that these proposals represented a comprehensive, substantive and credible contribution.

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European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/05/655, Statement to the Press on the EU's new offer on Agricultural Market Access, 28.10.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/655&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

EUropean Commission: Memo: MEMO/05/400, Doha Round: EU offer in agricultural negotiations, 28.10.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/400&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/05/652, Statement to the Press. New EU offer in Doha talks, 28.10.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/652&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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