WTO's Lamy urges big-picture focus for Doha talks
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World Trade Organization chief Pascal  Lamy on Wednesday urged countries to broaden their vision by  shifting their focus away from domestic politics to allow  stalled world trade talks to resume.
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U.S. trade officials said on Tuesday  that former European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy would  be a "strong candidate" to lead the World Trade Organization,  but stopped short of formally endorsing him.
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HELSINKI, Finland The EU called for a restart of world trade talks Saturday but made clear for the first time that it would pursue bilateral deals in Asia and elsewhere while a global accord remains stalled.
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The European Union's top trade official said India has a vital role to play in ensuring success of the Doha round of world trade liberalisation talks, calling progress so far "patchy".
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A key World Bank committee appealed to all countries, developed and developping, to take an active role in WTO multilateral trade liberalization talks scheduled to wrap by the end of the year.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Ministers from developing  and wealthy industrialized states agreed on Saturday to  intensify the political firepower devoted to modernizing global  trade rules, saying there was much to do but little time.
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U.S. trade officials said on Tuesday that former European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy would be a "strong candidate" to lead the World Trade Organization, but stopped short of formally endorsing him.
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A world trade deal that benefits "all economies" is within reach if countries are prepared to negotiate seriously on draft texts released this week, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Friday.
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International Development Secretary Hilary Benn on Tuesday called on world leaders to make a priorty the concluding of a treaty regulating the trade of weapons.
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WTO chief Pascal Lamy says trade talks have not failed but are suspended, as the EU and US trade blame.
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Splits appeared within the European Union over the role of the blocâs trade chief, Peter Mandelson, in getting global trade talks moving again last weekend. Mr. Mandelson and other ministers from trade powers met Saturday in Davos, Switzerland, and agreed to push ahead with negotiations aimed at getting a deal for the World Trade Organizationâs Doha round. The round was suspended last July as a result of big differences, chiefly over farm trade, and it risks running out of time soon. France, a longtime defender of Europeâs agricultural interests, criticized Mr. Mandelson over the Davos meeting, accusing him of going beyond his authority. Franceâs criticisms were echoed by Austriaâs farm minister. Germany, which holds the European Union presidency, supports Mr. Mandelson, said Michael Glos, the German economics minister.
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The World Trade Organization decided Monday to begin membership talks with Iraq, opening the way for lengthy negotiations on terms for the
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WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy on Saturday said a global trade deal was now within reach but that political leaders needed to lend their support to complete the ongoing round of negotiations.
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International trade officials sought to strike a positive tone at the end of a two-day meeting Sunday aimed at restarting negotiations for the stalled World Trade Organization's Doha Round.
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The 18-nation Cairns Group of  agricultural exporting nations on Friday urged major powers to  resume world trade talks by November, saying there was too much  at stake for farmers for negotiations to fail.
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Globalization has lifted millions out of poverty and had many positive effects, but it has a dark side and free trade does not always mean economic growth, World Trade Organization head Pascal Lamy said on Wednesday.
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Governments from nearly 30 countries demanded Friday that the World Trade Organization undertake an urgent review of what might happen when textile quotas end Jan. 1. The