US working with India on agreements over Doha round: Bush
16 May 2007
Washington:
President George W. Bush has said that the US was working
with its European partners and countries like India
and Brazil to nudge agreements on the contentious Doha
round of trade talks that broke-off in a ngridlock in
July 2006.
Talking
to reporters after a meeting with Swedish prime minister
Fredrik Reinfeldt yesterday in Washington, Bush said
the US was committed to achieving a world that trades
more freely.
He also said that the US recognised that it has obligations to deal with its agricultural subsidies in order to move the Doha Round forward.
US Trade Representative Susan Schwab is committed to working with her European counterparts, as well as President Lula da Silva of Brazil and prime minister Manmohan Singh, the two countries that rallied the majority of poorer developing nations over a decade ago to hold firm for more equitable global trade.
Bush told reporters, "We believe that it''s possible, very possible that we''ll be successful. And so we''re moving forward optimistically on this issue."
Bush
said he had also talked to about US'' desire to work
with Europe, China, India, Japan, Australia and other
countries about an international framework to meet three
objectives -economic vitality and growth; the advance
of new technologies; and, the effects that will have
on reducing greenhouse gases.