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05/03/07 - Cape Verde may join World Trade Organization this year PDF Print E-mail
ImageCape Verde’s minister for the Economy, Growth and Competition, José Brito said Wednesday in Praia he was hopeful that the country could join the World Trade Organization (WTO) this year. Speaking to parliament during a debate on industrial property, Brito noted the issue had not been any easy one for the government, given the complexity of the prior discussions required by the WTO.

“We have already had several rounds of negotiations and each time we respond to a set of questions, more complex ones are posed,” he said, noting that “things are not always dependent on Cape Verde."

According to newspaper A Semana one of the issues blocking Cape Vedre’s joing the organization is related to industrial and intellectual property rights.

Once this and other problems are resolved, the Minister said he believed that Cape Verde could join the WTO this year.

 

Source: macahub
 
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