The text remains bracketed. The remainder of the paragraph was cleared. The EU stressed poverty is not caused or intensified by globalization. According to one well-known pundit, negotiators are about to face some whitewater, but they're all in the same boat. How fast the rapids are, and whether the boat will out-maneuver craggy obstacles such as globalization, is a matter of perspective.
Delegates report being more pleased with progress in some working groups than others.
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