Bilateral trade agreements are likely to detract from the overall aim of a global trade pact with poorer countries losing out, World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy has warned.
"The poorest countries, which are three quarters of the WTO [members], have a less favourable status in a bilateral way," Mr Lamy told a European Parliament group on Tuesday (17 October).
"Bilateral is not as good quality as multilateral," he said just as the European Commission is beginning a series o...
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