At the same time, there was also a realisation from all quarters that such differences needed to be resolved for a healthy multilateral trading system, as also because of the 2010 deadline for Doha round, diplomats said.

Key stakeholders who attended the two-day meeting here included US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Brazilian Foreign Trade Minister Celso Amorim, Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean and WTO Director General Pascal Lamy.

The Doha Development Round was launched in the Qatari capital in 2001.