Fischler calls for emphasis on development in Doha
EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler called for a strong development theme to be incorporated into the trade negotiations that are due to take place in Doha this week. Mr Fischler's remark was made at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) ministerial conference in Rome on 5 November in a speech which emphasised the importance of the EU as a market for the agricultural products of developing countries. He made an explicit link between this development theme and the liberalisation of developing countries' agriculture markets.
EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler called for a strong development theme to be incorporated into the trade negotiations that are due to take place in Doha this week. Mr Fischler’s remark was made at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) ministerial conference in Rome on 5 November in a speech which emphasised the importance of the EU as a market for the agricultural products of developing countries. He made an explicit link between this development theme and the liberalisation of developing countries‘ agriculture markets.
