World Trade Officials Agree to Speed Up Talks; GATT Seeks `Early Harvest' of Measures From: The Washington Post | Date: December 2, 1987| Author: | Copyright 1987 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Prodded by the instability in the world's financial markets, officials of 95 nations agreed today to speed up their trade talks to try to reap an "early harvest" of measures to strengthen the rules of international commerce.

The delegates expect to hold a high-level meeting in Canada after the U.S. election next November to assess the results of the first two years of the current round of international trade talks and to see if enough progress has been made to put the new rules into effect in some areas. Reservations by the 12-nation European Community and India were not expected to derail ...

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