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WTO to move quicklyon wider front in 2009

Director-General Pascal Lamytold the Trade Negotiations Commit-tee on 17 December 2008 that“con-eluding the Round should remain ourfocus in 2009 but this endeavor takesplace within a more global portfolioof WTO activities”.He proposed im-mediate resumption of work across allnegotiating groups in the new year，as well as“on the wider WTO front”like monitoring trade measures takenin relation to the financial crisis，tradefinance and Aid for Trade.(WTONews)