THE end of this year was set as the new deadline for agreeing a deal on world trade talks at a meeting of key World Trade Organisation members in New Delhi.

EUROPEAN UNION Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has assured farm and co-op leaders that Brussels will make no concessions in the world trade talks, beyond the mandate it has been given by member states.

FIVE of the biggest players in the world trade talks - the United States, the European Union, Brazil, India and Japan - will meet in London today.