Trade giants pledge to "achieve global free trade in environmental goods"

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Leading trading powers use Davos Summit to quietly assert commitment to begin work on green trade negotiations

A group of 14 World Trade Organisation (WTO) members have publicly committed to work towards eradicating tariffs on green goods as part of a new global green free trade agreement. The group, including...

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