US urges WTO members to engage in multilateral talks to conclude Doha round

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 - Key differences still remain between rich economies like the US and advanced developing nations like India, China and Brazil, said World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy here Friday. The US is ready to even clinch a final deal, but that may not exactly be the Indian view or a Chinese view or the Brazilian view, Lamy said at an interactive session organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here, after the conclusion of the two-day mini-ministerial meeting among representatives of some 40 key WTO members.

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 - 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 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hosting some 40 trade ministers from across the world for a two-day meeting here, India Thursday made a strong plea for an end to protectionism by some countries, even as it pushed for early resumption of multilateral trade talks. In his opening remarks at the mini-ministerial meeting of the 153-member World Trade Organisation (WTO), India's Commerce Minister Anand Sharma also asked the assembled dignitaries to remain conscious to the 2010 deadline to conclude the Doha round.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hosting some 40 trade ministers from across the world for a two-day meeting here, India Thursday made a strong plea for an end to protectionism by some countries while it pushed for early resumption of multilateral trade talks and building a consensus on the way forward. In his opening remarks at the mini-ministerial meeting of the 153-member World Trade Organisation (WTO), India's Commerce Minister Anand Sharma asked the assembled dignitaries to remain conscious of the 2010 deadline to conclude the Doha Round.

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 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Trade ministers of nearly 40 countries will meet over two days here from Thursday to try and draw a roadmap that can put the derailed Doha Development Round of multilateral trade negotiations back on track. India's Commerce Minister Anand Sharma will host the meet, which will include US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Brazilian Foreign Trade Minister Celso Amorim and the director general of the 153-member World Trade Organisation (WTO), Pascal Lamy.

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 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.

July 9th, 2009 Summit draft: G8/G5 seek Doha trade deal in 2010L'AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of developed and developing nations meeting in the quake-ravaged city of L'Aquila are seeking agreement to wrap up stalled trade talks in 2010 and head off protectionist policies. A draft of a joint declaration by the Group of Eight obtained Thursday by The Associated Press sets a goal of concluding the stalled Doha round next year.

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 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 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 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.