USTR Ron Kirk:
But to close the remaining gaps in agriculture, NAMA, and services particularly with regard to the market access commitments by the most advanced developing countries this multilateral work needs to be supplemented by sustained direct bilateral engagement, as called for by G-20 leaders.
There is no secret to how we will achieve an ambitious and balanced result in each of these core areas. The United States has been clear that we will need to achieve meaningful market opening that will result in significant new trade flows, particularly in the worlds fastest-growing economies.
Brazil Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim:
The Doha Round was launched with the objective of bringing the development dimension into the WTO. Over the last 8 years we have built a negotiating package that potentially contains benefits for developing countries and for the membership as a whole.
The contribution of developing countries would be greater than that given by developed countries in any of the previous negotiating Rounds. It is unreasonable to expect that concluding the Round would involve additional unilateral concessions from developing countries.
