By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

The Bahamas is expected to start bilateral discussions on its bid to accede to full World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership early in the New Year, with the US first up, as it bids to have its initial goods (market access) offer ready for June 2011's working party meeting.

Raymond Winder, the Deloitte & Touche (Bahamas) managing partner and this nation's lead WTO negotiator, outlining the upcoming talks timetable, yesterday urged the Bahamian private sector to supply himself and the Government with as much data on their needs and companies as possible, telling Tribune Business his success "hinges" on their responsiveness.

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