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A bridge too far at Cancun

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Sidhartha New Delhi

Following the failure of the Cancun talks, developing countries could suffer from their inability to compromise

Over the next few weeks, almost all the 148 members of the World Trade Organisation will ponder the future of the multilateral body which is at the crossroads with two failed attempts of trade liberalisation in a span of less than four years.

While developing and least developed countries are rejoicing over their new-found unity, the US and the European Union

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First Published: Sep 20 2003 | 12:00 AM IST

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