Informal meeting on Doha Round begins in Rio de Janeiro

31/03/2006 - 8h22

Agencia Brasil

Rio de Janeiro – It begins this Friday, in Rio de Janeiro, the informal meeting about the Doha Round, which will discuss the World Trade Organization (WTO) agriculture subsidies issue.

Coordinated by the Minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil, Celso Amorim, the meeting, which will end Saturday (1), will have the presences of the European Union Commissioner for External Trade, Peter Mandelson, the United States Trade Representative, Robert Portman, and WTO Director-General, Pascal Lamy.

Translation: Andréa Alves