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Cheers Follow Years Of Anguish And Drama

Friday December 17, 1993
Geneva, Thursday Champagne flowed freely in the normally sober atmosphere of Geneva last night as the tired, but triumphant, director-general of GATT, Mr Peter Sutherland, brought down his walnut gavel on the greatest world trade accord in history. After seven years of bargaining, and a nail-biti

Gatt Deal Must Be Fine Tuned

Friday December 17, 1993
GENEVA, Thursday: Champagne flowed freely in the normally sober atmosphere of Geneva last night as a tired but triumphant Director-General of GATT, Mr Peter Sutherland, brought down his walnut gavel on the greatest world trade accord in history. After seven years of bargaining and a nail-b

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