By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER
The Associated Press
Thursday, June 21, 2007; 12:21 PM
POTSDAM, Germany — A crucial meeting of the World Trade Organization’s four most powerful members has failed, officials said Thursday, dealing a major setback to efforts at reaching a new global commerce pact.
“It was useless to continue the discussions based on the numbers that were on the table,” Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said after the talks ended two days ahead of schedule.
Brazil and India criticized the United States for its failure to offer deep enough cuts in the billions of dollars of subsidies it pays annually to American farmers.
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