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French Minister of Foreign Trade and President of the European Union Council of Ministers Anne Marie Idrac answers journalist's questions during a press conference, during the third day of the World Trade Organisation ministerial summit on trade liberalisation talks, at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. After nearly seven years of fruitless haggling, ministers will try to bridge gaps on trade-opening measures under the Doha Development Agenda lauched in November 2001. GENEVA -- A marathon meeting of the world's top commercial powers ended early in the morning in Geneva with negotiators citing some progress in talks on a new global trade pact. The 12-hour meeting ended Thursday at around 3:30 a.m. local time. Negotiators from the United States, European Union,... [read full story]
