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The world's least developed nations say they're prepared to make concessions to revive global trade talks. After a two-day meeting in Senegal, the poorer nations welcomed recent concessions from both the US and Europe. They pledged to be more flexible in trade negotiations, particularly on the issues of cotton and farm subsidies, which led to a deadlock at the WTO summit in Cancun last September. In this interview with Radio Netherlands, Louk de la Rive Box, professor of international co-operation at Maastricht University, explains why there's a new mood of compromise.