U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said he and U.S. President George W. Bush want to see global trade negotiations restarted, a week after talks among key World Trade Organization governments collapsed. Hopes of a deal ended July 24 amid clashes over farm subsidies, undermining efforts to reach a global market-opening agreement. The European Union, India and Japan blamed the U.S. for the deadlock, which prompted WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy to shelve the five-year-old talks to dismantle market barriers and lift millions out of poverty. ``I have not given up on the WTO trade round,'' Blair told executives at an event hosted by News Corp., according to a remarks released by his office. After talks with Bush on July 28, ``we both agreed we needed to make one final effort to re- energize the negotiation and I hope we can do so within the next few weeks.'' ...
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