Trade ministers aim to breathe new life into stalled Doha trade talks

TRADE ministers will meet in New Delhi today and tomorrow to inject new impetus into the faltering Doha round trade talks in the run-up to a G20 summit in Pittsburgh, USA, later this month.

The aim, according to host India, is to re-energise the Doha talks, now in their eighth year, and set a timetable for completion.

However, attempts are likely to be made to narrow differences over issues such as tariff protection for poor farmers and duty elimination for certain industrial goods.