WTO Chief Hopes to Conclude Doha Round in 2010 |
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June 17, 2009
The head of the World Trade Organization is hopeful long-running trade talks can be wrapped up next year.
The head of the World Trade Organization is hopeful long-running trade talks can be wrapped up next year.
Trade ministers came close to reaching a deal on the Doha round of talks in July 2008, but they collapsed because of a dispute between Washington and emerging economies, spearheaded by India, over proposals to help farmers in poor nations.
The Cairns Group, 19 nations accounting for more than 25 percent of the world's agricultural exports, said last week that trade officials from the United States, Europe and India had shown fresh resolve to conclude the Doha talks launched in 2001.
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