India set to host two-day global trade talks from Thursday

September 24th, 2009 Obama arrives in Pittsburgh to host summitPITTSBURGH — President Barack Obama has arrived in Pittsburgh for a summit with leaders of the world's major economies. One year after the global economic meltdown began, the leaders will hold talks Thursday and Friday to make sure a fledgling global recovery remains on track while laying down tougher rules for global financial institutions.

September 4th, 2009 MOSCOW - Indian President Pratibha Patil will meet Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin here later Friday for talks focusing on bilateral trade and energy. Patil held talks Thursday with her Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hundreds of left-wing activists protested against the ongoing ministerial meet of key World Trade Organization (WTO) member states aimed at breathing fresh life into the stalled global trade talks here today. Carrying banners and placards slamming the global trade body, activists of the Left-wing Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) shouted anti-WTO slogans.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expressing confidence that the Doha round of talks would conclude before the December 2010 deadline, Nigeria Thursday said it would however make sure that its interests were "not killed". "We want to see the rounds to conclude but not at all cost.

September 1st, 2009 BRUSSELS - European Union's (EU) Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel will travel to New Delhi Wednesday to take part in an informal meeting of WTO (World Trade Organisations) ministers hosted by the Indian government, the EuAsiaNews reported. The meeting will seek to give a renewed push to the Doha Round of world trade talks, building on decisions taken by G20 leaders in London earlier this year, the European Commission said in a statement here Tuesday.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said he was looking forward to hosting the September meeting among global trade ministers to put the derailed global trade talks back on track. India had proposed to host the mini-ministerial meeting of the 153-member World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the G20 Summit in London, which was attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, where leaders agreed to give a political push to trade talks.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - The groups of rich and developing countries, including India, are likely to commit themselves to early conclusion of the Doha Development Round of multilateral trade talks under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) later Thursday. A statement in this regard to this effect is expected from the G8 and G5 countries, as well as Egypt, at the G8 Summit being held at this quake-hit Italian city, some 100 km northeast of Rome.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Indias new Trade and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said Monday rich countries must grant Indian professionals more visas as he pressed for a resumption of stalled global trade talks. Sharma, who is in Britain for talks with his opposite number Peter Mandelson, told a gathering of prominent British and Indian businessmen the logjam in the so-called Doha Development Round of trade talks must be broken".

June 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Asserting that New Delhi had never wanted the Doha Round of World Trade talks to collapse, India has expressed the hope that a common meeting ground would be found to provide a level playing field to the developing countries. The Doha round had a hit a logjam because of non-convergence on many issues, but now there is recognition of the sensitivities of the developing countries, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma told a press conference here Thursday.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government is committed to reviving the manufacturing sector and generating employment as well as resuming the stalled global trade talks, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said here Thursday. We need to encourage the manufacturing sector and industrial activities for providing more employment in the country, he told industrialists at an interaction organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Moves to restart the stalled global trade talks have begun with a series of meetings in Bali on the sidelines of a conference among 19 farm products exporting countries, where Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is representing India. Sharma had one round of talks with World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy Sunday and informally met with US Trade Representative Ron Kirk over dinner at the luxury beach resort of Nusa Dua on Bali island, officials here said.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Moves to restart stalled global trade talks have begun with a series of meetings in Bali on the sidelines of a conference among 19 farm products exporting countries, where Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is representing India. Sharma had bilateral talks with several of his counterparts at the luxury beach resort of Nusa Dua on Bali island, including US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, to restart the trade talks, officials here said.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister for Commerce (trade) and Industry, Anand Sharma on Friday said that the Government would take all possible steps to stabilise Indian economy in times of global recession. Addressing media after taking charge of his office, Minister for Commerce and Industry said the government will take every possible step to ensure a steady Indian economy, particularly at a time when recessionary trends have upset overall industry and trade around the globe.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - The following are the key points of the declaration issued by G20 leaders here Thursday that suggest India, represented by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, got most of what it wanted from the crucial summit: * New Financial Stability Board with India among the members to provide early warning of financial risks * Extend regulation and oversight to all financial institutions, markets and instruments, including the hedge funds * Action against non-cooperative tax havens that refuse to share information * Bring an end to banking secrecy * Improve and set high-quality global accounting standards for companies * Extend $1.1 trillion to multilateral lending institutions to restore flow of credit * Resist protectionism and promote global trade * Refrain from raising new barriers to investment or trade in goods and services * Ensure availability of at least $250 billion for export credit * Commitment to speedily conclude the current round of global trade talks * Reaffirm commitment to millennium development goals of the UN * Commitment to build fair, family-friendly labour markets * Necessary action to restore normal flow of credit through the financial system

January 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Trade ties between India and Kazakhstan are headed for a major boost during President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to New Delhi, scheduled later this month. Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister for Trade and Industries Zhanar S.