Poor nations impatient to see benefits from trade talks

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other Commonwealth leaders began talks in Malta today aimed at sending a clear message to next month’s world trade talks in Hong Kong that poor countries are impatient to see benefits from global markets.

Worries about human rights problems, including in Commonwealth member country Uganda, were also being aired during three days of closed-door, informal talks at the summit in a swanky retreat in Golden Bay.