US hits back at EU countries over collapse of Doha round

Transatlantic hostility over the collapse of the WTO Doha round of trade talks reached previously unseen levels on 25 July 2006 as Susan Schwab, the US trade representative, accused her European counterparts of spreading lies to divert the blame. Her statement was the latest in an increasingly acrimonious attempt by the European Union and the US to blame each other for the indefinite suspension of the talks.