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Trade Minister Tim Groser said progress had been made on negotiations but market access for dairy products was a sticking point.

But the planned event in Parliament’s Centre Block never happened.

But issues pegged as sticking points going into the talks were still blocking a deal after four days of discussions.

During the four-day conference, participants will focus on the making of common rules and finalizing the round-robin bilateral talks to abolish tariffs on a broad basis. This multilateral format delivered huge benefits in the postwar era, with global trade growing twice as fast as GDP.