date:May 02, 2013
The U.S. outreach comes as WTO members are striving to agree on a small package of trade reforms at the group's upcoming ministerial meeting in December in Bali.
In late 2001, WTO members launched an ambitious round of global trade talks aimed at slashing farm subsidies, cutting tariffs on agricultural and manufacturing goods and opening services markets around the world to more trade.
Twelve years later, the WTO's failure to complete the so-called Doha round has tarnished its reputation.
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