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Prime minster says proposed measures to protect British industry are in line with other European countries

BORIS Johnson has suggested his government is prepared to break international law to impose new steel tariffs.

Environment groups welcome long-awaited deal to curb harmful subsidies but say key measures to curb overfishing were dropped

The four-day talks of the 164-member body, which started on June 12, ended on June 17 after hectic negotiations.

Since Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala took over as head of the World Trade Organization last year, one of her main bugbears has been the negotiating style of member countries, which she says is ineffective, inflexible and needs to change.

Compromise deal described as ‘technocratic fudge aimed at saving reputations not lives’

‘We are disappointed with the inadequate outcome on waiving intellectual property for COVID-19 medical tools that resulted from more than 20 months of deliberations,’ says Medicins Sans Frontieres.

The World Trade Organization concluded hard-won deals Friday on fishing subsidies, food insecurity and Covid-19 vaccines in a landmark bundle of agreements secured through hectic round-the-clock talks. But critics say the package is a win for big pharma.

The World Trade Organization concluded hard-won deals Friday on fishing subsidies, food insecurity and Covid-19 vaccines in a landmark bundle of agreements secured through hectic round-the-clock talks. WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the trade ministers' conference had struck an "unprecedented package of deliverables" which would make a difference to people's…