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[Talks have reached a critical stage and negotiators need to reach a deal on agriculture in the next two weeks if efforts to restart the Doha round by the end of the year are to succeed.] Some speak of a deadlock in the talks, ... I prefer to talk of a padlock, and the key is in the hands of the EU.

Celso Amorim

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