INDIA-WTO 2 LST

Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma met a
few WTO members like China and Brazil on the sidelines of the
World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, Switzerland and discussed
progress of talks on Doha Round.

Commenting on the possibility of concluding the Doha
Round of talks aimed at enhancing global commerce, Lamy had
said that reaching an agreement is "doable in 2010" but "we
now need to see it done."
"We have planned a schedule of technical work over the
next months. Governments will assess at the end of March is it
still feasible to conclude negotiations this year," he has
said.
The Doha talks were to conclude and culminate into a
multilateral trade-opening pact in 2005.
However, the Round was marred by lack of desire both by
the rich and developing nations to open their markets while
seeking new pastures for their own goods.
Since the launch of talks at Doha, the Qatari capital,
the WTO has held two full-fledged Ministerial Meetings (the
highest policy making organ) at Cancun and Hong Kong without
much success. PTI RR
ANU


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