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Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (L) reacts after a press conference at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters after crucial trade talks collapsed on July 29, 2008, in Geneva. Efforts to forge a global trade pact collapsed because countries failed to bridge their differences on food tariffs, the WTO said, as ministers quit talks after days of bitter wrangling.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim arrives for a press conference at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters after crucial trade talks collapsed on July 29, 2008, in Geneva. Efforts to forge a global trade pact collapsed because countries failed to bridge their differences on food tariffs, the WTO said, as ministers quit talks after days of bitter wrangling.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (C), flanked by body guards, leaves the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters after crucial trade talks collapsed on July 29, 2008, in Geneva. Talks to agree a new global trade pact have "collapsed," Lamy told reporters."No use beating around the bush, this meeting has collapsed. Members have simply not been able to bridge their differences," Lamy said.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (L) speaks with Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu during a break of crucial trade talks at World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters on July 29, 2008 in Geneva. Tension rose sharply as gruelling WTO talks to hammer out a global trade pact ran into a ninth day with leading nations urging flexibility to avert an "appalling" collapse.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (C) pretends to make hitchhiking as he asks his car during a break of trade talks outside of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters on July 28, 2008 in Geneva. Hopes for a new global trade pact dimmed sharply Monday as a blame game broke out between major trading powers and a fracture opened within a key bloc, the European Union. As day eight of the marathon talks stretched into the evening, the United States accused India and China of delaying progress towards an agreement.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim arrives during the second week of the World Trade Organisation ministerial summit on trade liberalisation talks, at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, July 28, 2008. After nearly seven years of fruitless haggling, ministers will try to bridge gaps on trade-opening measures under the Doha Development Agenda launched in November 2001.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (C) leaves late on July 24, 2008 the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters in Geneva after WTO talks. Brazil's trade negotiator Amorim, said that July 25, would be make-or-break for crucial WTO trade talks taking place here as ministers finished talks for the day.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, left, speaks with Kamal Nath, right, Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry, after their bilateral meeting, during the third day of the World Trade Organization ministerial summit on trade liberalization talks, at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 23, 2008.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (L) speaks with Indian Trade Minister Kamal Nath a bilateral meeting during the third day of crucial trade talks at the WTO headquarters on July 23, 2008 in Geneva. Nath poured cold water here on attempts by the US and Europe to jolt stalled WTO talks forward, saying developed countries needed to propose "real" cuts. He stressed that the onus was on developed countries to make offers to reduce tariffs and subsidies to ensure the talks met the objective of reducing poverty in poor countries.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (L) leaves with Indian Trade Minister Kamal Nath a bilateral meeting during the third day of crucial trade talks at the WTO headquarters on July 23, 2008 in Geneva. Nath poured cold water here on attempts by the US and Europe to jolt stalled WTO talks forward, saying developed countries needed to propose "real" cuts. He stressed that the onus was on developed countries to make offers to reduce tariffs and subsidies to ensure the talks met the objective of reducing poverty in poor countries.