World Bank&#39;s Zoellick backs WTO proposals to spur trade talks
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World Bank president Robert Zoellick backed Friday fresh proposals to drive the deadlocked round of World Trade Organization negotiations to a conclusion this year.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) sought on Friday to rekindle hopes of a global trade deal after talks between four major powers collapsed.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 27 (IPS) - Senior World Bank staff have asked the European  Union to consider extending the end-of-year deadline it has set  for a series of free trade agreements with Africa.
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The European Union&#39;s new trade chief offered his support Wednesday to proposals to increase efficiency and accountability at the lumbering World Trade Organization.
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The World Bank, aligned with other global financial institutions dominated by rich nations that promote free trade, is advising poor nations that have already signed agreements to open up for more trade on &quot;all fronts.
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Former European Union trade commissioner Pascal Lamy won wide backing from EU governments Tuesday in his bid to become the next head of the World Trade Organization, a spokeswoman said.
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President Bush plans to nominate former Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick to replace Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, a senior administration official told CNN Tuesday.
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The United States has not  given up on the World Trade Organisation&#39;s (WTO) Doha round,  U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said on Thursday after  talks with the European Union, India and Brazil collapsed.
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The EU is set to back former trade commissioner Pascal Lamy for the top job at the WTO. A meeting of trade chiefs from the 25 member states agreed on the Frenchmanâs candidacy on Tuesday.
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Robert B. Zoellick, President Bush's selection to head the World Bank, yesterday flew to Ghana, embarking on a two-week tour of the globe to woo support and sound out world leaders.
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People close to Robert B. Zoellick, President Bushâs pick to head the World Bank, say he is likely to bring a demanding approach that could disturb the status quo.
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US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and his new European counterpart Peter Mandelson failed to make headway on a trans-Atlantic standoff over subsidies for Airbus and Boeing at a meeting Monday, saying the dispute remains headed for WTO arbitration.
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The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Friday that bilateral talks between major trade powers to revive the Doha trade round were still moving too slowly.
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Mediators at the World Trade Organization made a bid to salvage a global free trade deal on Tuesday by proposing compromises to overcome impasses in the key areas of agriculture and industrial goods.
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U.S. President George W. Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a former U.S. Trade Representative, as the new president for the World Bank, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.
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President George W. Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a former U.S. trade representative, to replace Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, a senior American official said on Tuesday.
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SANTIAGO: A new global free trade deal is possible by 2005/2006 with help from the major Asia-Pacific trading powers, US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick has said.