The WTO has wrapped up a ministerial meeting on the Doha Round of negotiations for a global free trade pact with some minister calling for a new path.
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says the developmental mandate will be fundamental at the World Trade Organisation’s ministerial conference.
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.
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.
SA does not expect an early end to the Doha trade talks and wants imbalances in current proposals addressed before pushing for a conclusion.
The WTO hopes that trade powers will renew efforts to reach a deal in the long-running Doha talks to free up global commerce this year.
World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks, which collapsed last month, need to resume soon to build on existing compromises, the WTO farm mediator says.
Ministers saw a "new order" take hold of global trade on Wednesday, with emerging economies calling the shots after WTO talks collapsed.
Talks to rescue a world trade deal struggled into a ninth day on Tuesday after being brought back from the brink of collapse.
Talks to rescue a world trade deal will continue on Tuesday with players trying to avert a collapse over measures intended to help poor countries.
The United States exchanged harsh words with China and India as key World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks dragged into a second week on Monday.
WTO head Pascal Lamy raised the possibility of a collapse of trade talks between leading nations in Switzerland on Friday.
Urgent talks to salvage a global trade deal made ”some progress” on Thursday, ministers said, but officials warned the mood was dark.
World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy says that only "modest" progress has been made in the past two days of crucial trade talks.
Ministers from 35 key nations began a critical round of talks on Monday in an attempt to nail down a global trade deal.
