WTO, IMF, World Bank chiefs urge G-8 to boost new trade round

WTO, IMF, World Bank chiefs urge G-8 to boost new trade round

GENEVA, Switzerland - Horst Koehler (R), managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Supachai Panitchpakdi (C), director general of the World Trade Organization, and World Bank President James Wolfensohn hold a joint press conference at the WTO headquarters in Geneva on May 13. (Kyodo)

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