Collapse at WTO gravely undermines Africa

The breakdown of talks on a world trade pact has "gravely undermined" efforts by African countries to fight poverty.

GENEVA: The breakdown of talks on a world trade pact has "gravely undermined" efforts by African countries to fight poverty, Kenya's trade minister warned on Wednesday.

"Africa's opportunity to achieve fair trade has... been gravely undermined by the lack of progress in these negotiations," the minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, told a news conference, speaking on behalf of a grouping of African countries at the World Trade Organization talks here.


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