World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy on Tuesday set an end-June goal for a tariff- and subsidy-slashing deal in farm and industrial goods, saying hopes for a global trade pact this year rode on the outcome.
A ministerial meeting will be convened from June 29 to decide prospects for reaching full modalities in the Doha Development Agenda agriculture and nonagricultural market access negotiations by the end of July, WTD was told (WTD, 5/29/05.
