Historic global trade deal reached in Indonesia

  • 11 years ago
Commerce ministers from around the world have approved a World Trade Organisation agreement to lower trade barriers that they hailed as a "historic" boost for the trade body.

The agreement reached on Saturday in Bali, Indonesia, falls far short of WTO's vision of dismantling global trade barriers through the 12-year-old Doha Round of talks.

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from Jakarta.

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