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Trade News Bulletin - Issue 137, 31 July 2008

Table of Contents

Failed Trade Talks Will Aggravate Poverty - Says Senior Official 2

World Trade Talks Bomb 3

EAC Begins EPA Talks 4

Commonwealth Disappointed By Setback in Doha Round Talks – Sharma 5

WTO talks failure sinks banana deal: officials 6

WTO talks failure a "huge relief": Irish minister 7

India, U.S. urge progress made in WTO talks be saved 8-9

Brazil should seek bilateral deals after WTO failure – exporters 10

Brazil's Lula Says WTO May Succeed After U.S. Vote 11

Did WTO's failed Doha round try to do too much? 12

WTO talks collapse shows US reluctance to make sacrifices 13-15

Balance of power shifts to China at global trade talks 16-17

Brazil presses US, EU to include ethanol in any WTO trade pact 18-19

Key banana producing countries may block WTO talks: minister 20

SA, Ghana Sign Trade Deal 21

Civil Society Groups Caution WTO on Service Clauses 22

EAC Moves to Better Foster Trade and Tame Food Shortage 23-24

Farmers' Lobby Groups Appeal for EAC Technocrats 25-28

Tourism crime underscores Caribbean weaknesses 29-33

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