The Associated Press
GENEVA — Russia has inched closer to joining the World Trade Organization after 18 years of talks, by signing a deal with its neighbor and one-time foe Georgia.
The agreement — inked Nov. 9 by Russian and Georgian negotiators at the WTO headquarters in Geneva — removes the last major obstacle to Moscow's membership of the global trade body.
The deal foresees a neutral company monitoring all trade between the two nations, including the breakaway Georgian provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Trade officials say there are now no major obstacles to Russia formally joining the WTO at. . .
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