The EU has laid the blame for the collapse of international talks on liberalising world trade firmly at the US' door.
Speaking after the WTO meeting broke down on Monday, EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson said the US "was unwilling to accept, or indeed to acknowledge, the flexibility being shown by others in the room and, as a result, felt unable to show any flexibility on the issue of farm subsidies".
"Having been mandated by heads of government at the G8 to come together to ...
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