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Given a document, generate a short title of the document. The title should convey the main idea/event/topic about which the document is being written. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
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Roberto Azevedo  Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)  attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos  Switzerland January 24  2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
“We must make every effort to avoid the fall of the first dominoes. There is still time ”  WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo  told the heads of WTO delegations at a closed-door meeting in Geneva.
“In light of recent announcements on trade policy measures  it is clear that we now see a much higher and real risk of triggering an escalation of trade barriers across the globe ”  Azevedo  said  according to a copy of  his  statement released by the WTO.
 Azevedo  is normally very conservative in remarks about WTO members’ trade policies  but  he  also plays a role as a guardian of the global trading rules  a bulwark against protectionism.
On Friday  he  broke  his  silence on Trump’s tariff plan  expressing concern and saying a trade war would be in nobody’s interest.
In  his  statement at Monday’s meeting   he  did not name any one country but sounded a more urgent warning.
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WTO chief urges states to stop first dominoes of trade war


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Catalan President Carles Puigdemont  said  he  favored mediation to find a way out of the crisis but that Spainâs central government had rejected this. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoyâs government responded by calling on Catalonia to âreturn to the path of lawâ first before any negotiations.
 Puigdemont  told the BBC  he  would ask the regionâs parliament to declare independence following the referendum  which Spainâs government and constitutional court say was illegal and in which only a minority of Catalans voted.
In a televised address on Wednesday night   Puigdemont  said: âThis moment calls for mediation. We have received various offers in the last hours and we will receive more.â
Without specifically mentioning plans for an independence declaration   he  added: âI am sure that in the next few days we will show the best of our country when the institutions of Catalonia will have to apply the results of the referendum.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoyâs government replied that  Puigdemont  had wasted an opportunity to put Catalonia back on a legal course. âIf  Mr. Puigdemont  wants to talk or negotiate  or wants to send mediators   he  knows perfectly well what  he  must do first: Return to the path of the law â it said in a statement.
 Puigdemont  criticized Spainâs King Felipe VI who on Tuesday lambasted the âirresponsible behaviorâ of the Catalan leaders.
 He  said  the king  had disappointed many people in Catalonia by failing to call for dialogue and  he  accused King Felipe of endorsing the policies of Rajoy  which  he  said had been âcatastrophicâ for Catalonia.
Catalan Regional President Carles Puigdemont gestures as  he  makes an statement at Generalitat Palace in Barcelona  Spain  October 4  2017. Catalan Goverment/Jordi Bedmar Handout via REUTERS
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Catalonia moves to declare independence from Spain on Monday


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Choosing Mitt Romney to be his secretary of state would be the most presidential thing Donald Trump could do . 
One part of him thinks that Romney , the CEO of the global firm Bain Capital , a turnaround artist who saved the Salt Lake City Olympics , and the party 's nominee in 2012 , would have the stature and gravitas for the job . 
He liked that Romney made a warm , congratulatory call . 
He complimented Romney for "looking the part ." 
Unlike Romney , they do n't come as supplicants , vying for his favor . 
OK , but Romney dissed Trump bigly and Trump 's nonpresidential side likes nothing better than getting even , and then some . 
While Gen. David Petraeus , General John Kelly and Sen. Bob Corker came and went , Romney got the only invitation to a fancy dinner at the Trump International Hotel . 
John Angelillo , Bloomberg President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney had dinner , along with Reince Priebus , to discuss the possibility of Romney joining Trump 's administration on Nov. 30 , 2016 . 
President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney had dinner , along with Reince Priebus , to discuss the possibility of Romney joining Trump 's administration on Nov. 30 , 2016 . 
Romney ordered scallops and then ate crow for reporters waiting outside right after , which may have been Trump 's plan . 
Aides said Romney would have to grovel to be considered and so he did , gushing over the man who had derided him as a "loser" who "choked like a dog" in his 2012 campaign . 
Romney said that by getting elected Trump "did something I tried to do and was unsuccessful in ," and that the president-elect could be "the very man who can lead us to that better future ." 
About watching Romney recant and twist slowly in the wind , former Speaker Newt Gingrich said , "You have never , ever , in your career seen a wealthy adult who is independent , has been a presidential candidate , suck up at the rate that Mitt Romney is sucking up ," adding that "Every day they let this thing hang out there it becomes harder and more expensive to pick Romney ."
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Trump makes Mitt Romney grovel for secretary of state .