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US President George Bush and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have discussed the need for leading trading nations to contribute to a breakthrough in the Doha Round of world trade talks, the White House has said.
Talks in Geneva to salvage a global trade deal faced a crunch point on Thursday after three days of scant progress, with rich and poor countries remaining at loggerheads over who must make the next move.
"The President and Prime Minister Singh discussed on the phone the importance of all leading WTO members making contributions to a breakthrough that will put the Doha Round negotiations on a path to conclude an ambitious agreement before the end of the year," White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.
India, one of the world's biggest emerging economies, had welcomed an offer by the US to limit its disputed farm subsidies as part of efforts to ease the deadlock. (Source: Reuters)
July 25, 2008
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