WTO says Doha conclusion key to global recovery

The conclusion of the stalled Doha Round of free trade talks is crucial to the recovery from the global financial crisis, WTO chief Pascal Lamy said.

WTO's Lamy: Give Doha negotiators more flexibility

G20 leaders must give their negotiators more flexibility to ensure they can actually reach a global trade deal, the head of the WTO said on Monday.

Ministers meet to put 2010 Doha deal in sight

Trade ministers meet in New Delhi for talks that the WTO says could lay the groundwork for a push to reach a new global free-trade pact next year.

WTO's Lamy: Doha deal in sight

The Doha round of global trade talks could be concluded within eight months, the head of the WTO said on Tuesday.

WTO's Lamy urges Doha deal to help fight crisis

Leaders should make early efforts to conclude the Doha round of global trade talks as a key part of fighting the crisis, the head of the WTO said.

Lamy urges WTO members to bridge gaps

World Trade Organisation director general Pascal Lamy urged member nations to show flexibility and narrow their remaining differences on

Lamy raises possibility of WTO talks failure

WTO head Pascal Lamy raised the possibility of a collapse of trade talks between leading nations in Switzerland on Friday.

WTO chief says trade deal still possible in 2008

It is still possible to reach a deal on long-delayed world trade negotiations before the end of the year, the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said in an interview published on Tuesday. "There are the political and technical conditions to wrap things up in 2008," the WTO's Pascal Lamy told the Les Echos newspaper.

UN pledges action on world food crisis

United Nations agencies and the World Bank pledged urgent action on Tuesday to tackle an unprecedented rise in global food prices that is hurting developing countries. The international bodies called on countries not to restrict exports of food to secure supplies at home, warning that could only make the problem worse.

IMF gives gloomy assessment of world economy

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave a gloomy report on Saturday on prospects for the world economy to a dozen leaders debating how to respond to global financial turmoil. Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a high-powered forum that most of the downside risks to the world economy feared six months ago had now become reality.

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