Lamy tells WTO to speed up Doha talks for 2010 goal
* WTO chief says Doha talks must speed up
* Otherwise 2010 deadline will be missed
* Egypt trade minister says Doha deadlines exaggerated
* Says U.S. holding up talks, Africa wants quick result
By Jonathan Lynn
GENEVA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - World Trade Organisation members will fail to meet their latest deadline of 2010 for completing the Doha round to open global commerce if they do not speed up their work, the head of the trade body said on Tuesday.
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said countries were making some progress in the latest intensive negotiations in Geneva in areas such as facilitating trade and the technical work necessary to implement an eventual deal in agriculture.
"But I also believe it will be difficult to get to 2010 without a serious acceleration of the pace," Lamy said. Continued...
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