Doha Talks: Brazil calls on Obama to show strong leadership

Mercopress reports Brazil has said that global trade talks need a strong signal from US President-elect Barack Obama to save them from failure. Brazilian Minister Celso Amorim made the announcement after meeting with World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy in Geneva.

“Such a move would be justified because a successful Doha round deal at the WTO would offer one solution to the global financial crisis that originated in the United States” said Celso Amorim.

"I think an encouragement from the incoming administration would be a very positive signal and would be probably what we need in this very last stretch" he added.

Calling on Obama to show leadership and not hide behind formalities as the outgoing administration of George W. Bush handles the Doha talks, Amorim said it was up to Washington to show the maximum flexibility to help resolve the crisis.

Published by Mike Hitchen, Mike Hitchen Consulting
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