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Trade: Bolivian leaders object to WTO's Green Room process
Published in SUNS #6524 dated 24 July 2008

Geneva, 23 July (Riaz K. Tayob) -- Bolivia may be a small country, but at the current WTO talks, it is making an impression larger than its size. It has voiced opposition to the non-democratic process at the present week of WTO talks, and has informed WTO Director General, Pascal Lamy, that it did not agree with the negotiation and decision-making process.

At the press briefing on 22 July, Mr. Pablo Solon, the Trade Advisor to the Bolivian President, said his country was not seeking to be part of the exclusive Green Room but was objecting to the exclusive Green Rom process itself.

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