Leaders of the G8 nations have asked counterparts from developing countries to help them push through for a breakthrough on stalled trade talks, BBC online reports Monday.
Leaders from Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa took part in talks on the final day of the G8 summit in the Russian city of St Petersburg.
G8 leaders have given World Trade Organization (WTO) members one month to revive the Doha round of trade talks.
The developing nations represented are key players in the so-called G20 group.
US trade representative Susan Schwab is set to go to the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva at the end of the summit to push for a “robust” round of talks.
The Doha negotiations, launched in 2001, have hit problems over tariffs and subsidies.
The EU and US have been at loggerheads over agriculture.
