On January 4, 2007, at the Annual Conference of the Norwegian Confederation of Industries, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy emphasized the importance of the Doha Round to world trade, and specifically the benefits Norway would obtain from a genuine agricultural reform. Lamy indicated that the main objective of the Doha Round is to correct some of the remaining imbalances in the current trade rules through a strengthening of rules and commitments to correct and prevent restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets.
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