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The last chance for a world trade deal could slip away in the next few months unless India, Brazil and other advanced developing countries offer meaningful commitments to open their market to more foreign goods, US private sector experts said today.
"What is badly needed is political leadership in key capitals to get the job done this fall. Absent such leadership, my fear is the round will go into a deep freeze for a few years," said Mary Irace, vice president for trade and export finance at the National Foreign Trade Council.
Negotiators will return to Geneva next week to dig into agricultural issues that have been the main stumbling block since the talks were launched in November 2001 in Doha, Qatar.
- REUTERS
