Sharma leaving for US, to discuss Doha Round

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - US Trade Representative Ron Kirk has urged World Trade Organisation members to engage in multilateral talks, and move beyond what was agreed upon earlier in order to reach a successful conclusion of the Doha round. "More is required to get us to a successful conclusion or else Doha round would have succeeded in 2008, 2007, 2005.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Top officials of the 153 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will meet in Geneva later this month after a "breakthrough" was reached to resume the Doha Round of trade talks, India's Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said Friday. "We have reached an agreement to intensify negotiations.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The 153 members of World Trade Organisation (WTO) will resume formal talks at its headquarters in Geneva later this month to conclude the Doha round of trade talks after a breakthrough here, India's Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said Friday. "There has been a breakthrough in negotiations.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Top officials of the 153 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will meet in Geneva later this month after a breakthrough was reached to resume the Doha round of trade talks, India's Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said Friday. We have reached an agreement to intensify negotiations.

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 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Protectionist measures by the developed economies will have an adverse impact on the downturn, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said, even as he reaffirmed India's commitment to the successful conclusion of the Doha Round of trade talks. In his address at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ministerial meet in Paris Thursday, Sharma said a rule-based multilateral trading system, which is fair and equitable and addresses aspirations of developing countries, was required with respect to the stalled Doha Round.

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 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - India will look to find a middle ground in the global trade talks in the quest for a "fair solution acceptable to all parties", Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said here, insisting that New Delhi never wanted the talks to collapse. Asserting that India had never wanted the Doha Round of World Trade talks to collapse, New Delhi hopes that a common meeting ground would be found to provide a level playing field to the developing countries.

June 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - India has told the US that while a "perfect solution" to the impasse over Doha Round of world trade talks may be elusive, it should be possible to find a fair solution keeping development central to it. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma conveyed New Delhi's stand to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday as they discussed effects of the economic downturn on the two economies and the way ahead for World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations.

June 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma, will be leaving tonight for USA to attend the US-India Business Council (USIBC) meeting at Washington. Sharma will be accompanied by the representatives from trade and industry and apex chambers.

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 - Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma on Monday reiterated Indian commitment to the successful conclusion of the Doha process through a constructive engagement. He stated this in his special address to the Cairns group in Bali.

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Commerce Secretary G K Pillai said on Thursday that the dilly-dallying over the Doha round talks will further hinder prospects of global trade. "They (WTO) are now saying that we now need a completely new approach.