G20 urges restart of trade talks
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The G20 developing nations call for the resumption of global trade talks at a meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Rich countries and   developing nations agreed on Sunday that global trade talks   should resume, but they failed to set a date for formal   negotiations.
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Global trade talks are on the cusp   of collapse and leaders of the world's most powerful   industrialized and developing countries must break the impasse   at a summit in Russia next week, World Bank President Paul   Wolfowitz wrote in a letter to each leader.
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Diplomats in charge of world trade talks challenged countries on Tuesday to abandon long-held positions and make "very painful" compromises on farm and industrial goods to salvage a deal.
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PRIME Minister John Howard said yesterday he would use the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation leaders meeting in Chile to encourage further liberalisation of global trade.
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Trade powers launched an eleventh-hour  effort to rescue global trade talks on Tuesday as negotiators  prepared for what the United States called a critical week.
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Trade ministers from a key group   of developing nations pressed the United States and the   European Union on Saturday for more concessions to help break   deadlocked global trade talks.
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SANTIAGO, Chile (CP) - As leaders from Pacific Rim economies gathered for a weekend summit on trade and security issues, their government ministers on Thursday were wrapping up talks on similar issues and jockeying for one-on-one meetings to press their
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The World Trade Organization's (WTO) 150 states backed on Wednesday a call for a full-scale resumption of the Doha round of free trade talks, suspended six months ago due to deep divisions between members.
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Lawmakers on Friday urged the U.S. and Chinese governments to follow two days of high-level talks on trade and economic concerns with concrete action.
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World Trade Organization (WTO) Chief Pascal Lamy said on Thursday that all leading WTO member states had signaled flexibility for a re-start of global trade talks, but it was not yet clear if they were ready to negotiate.
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A top US official warned Thursday that global trade talks risk being stalled for years unless a breakthrough is made this year, as APEC ministers called on all sides to go back to the table.
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A breakthrough soon in world trade  talks would give the global economy a much-needed boost at a  time when many are worried about a possible downturn, top U.S.  and Australian trade officials said on Friday.
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German Finance Minister Hans Eichelon Friday called on the world&#39;s three main trading blocks to find a way of halting the dollar&#39;s slide against the euro and the yen.
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Australia will seek to revive stalled  global trade talks at a meeting in September to which it has  invited ministers from leading World Trade Organization (WTO)  members, an Australian newspaper said.
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The Treasury secretary is urging a successful conclusion to world trade talks and pushing for expansion of Indiaâs capital markets and the opening of its financial sector.
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Pacific rim trade ministers  pushed for a revival of stalled world trade talks on Friday,  but committed themselves to work towards setting up their own  trade bloc if a global deal fails.