Major agriculture exporting nations have agreed to revive negotiations for the Doha Development Round at a meeting in Indonesia. The commitment to finalize a framework for the eventual elimination of export subsidies and import tariffs has been praised as a breakthrough by member countries.
在印度尼西亚巴厘岛举行的凯恩斯集团部长级会议上，世界主要农产品出口国同意重新启动多哈回合谈判。各国承诺为最终取消出口补贴和进口关税而确定一个框架，这一点被认为是一个重大突破，受到与会各国代表的赞扬。
For several years World Trade Organization members states have struggled to overcome their differences during negotiations for the Doha Development Round, a pact that would see rich nations sacrifice their agricultural subsidies and import tariffs in exchange for more access to markets in developing nations.
多年来，世界贸易组织成员一直为克服在多哈回合谈判中的分歧而努力。多哈回合谈判的目的是达成一个一揽子协议，让富裕国家减少农业补助和进口关税，作为交换条件，发展中国家将给予他们更多的市场准入。
Negotiations on the agreement collapsed in July last year after India and the United States clashed over the capacity of poor nations to raise tariffs and protect vulnerable industries when agricultural imports surged.
去年7月，多哈回合谈判宣告破裂，主要因为印度和美国在贫困国家面对农产品进口暴增是否有能力提高关税和保护弱势产业方面争执不休。
The 19-member Cairns Group, which accounts for 25 percent of the world's agricultural trade, met Tuesday on the Indonesian island of Bali. Representatives from India, the United States and other WTO states reunited; committing to return, once again, to the negotiating table.
星期二，由19个成员组成的凯恩斯集团在印度尼西亚的巴厘岛举行会议。凯恩斯集团占世界农业贸易总额的25%。来自印度、美国和其他世界贸易组织成员国的代表重新聚在一起，决定再次恢复多哈回合谈判。
Speaking at the conclusion of the Bali meeting, WTO Director General Pascal Lamy said India and the United States "gave a clear signal that they want to get things up." Lamy said he is hopeful the round could be concluded some time in 2010.
在巴厘岛会议结束时，世界贸易组织总干事帕斯卡尔.拉米说，印度和美国都表现出了推动谈判的诚意。 拉米说，多哈回合谈判有希望在2010年某个时候大功告成。
But just how the differences between developed and developing nations will be overcome was not on the agenda. Indonesian Director General of International Trade Gusmardi Bustami says that will be for later meetings in Geneva.
但是，如何弥合发达国家和发展中国家的分歧并不在这次凯恩斯集团会议的议事日程上。印度尼西亚贸易部国际贸易合作局局长古斯玛尔迪.布斯达米(Gusmardi Bustami)表示，有关问题要等到晚些时候在日内瓦举行会议时予以讨论。
"In Bali we are all showing flexibility and we should focus on discussion in Geneva. We are not going into detail there, but we are just discussing where we are now and what we are going to do next and so on and so on. So we are not discussing issue by issue," he said.
他说：“在巴厘岛我们都表示出了灵活与变通。我们应该把重心放在日内瓦的会谈上。我们在这里没有讨论细节。我们只是讨论我们现在的形势，我们将要做什么等等。所以，我们并没有讨论具体问题。”
Some member states expressed concern at the recent EU and U.S. decision to reintroduce dairy export subsidies. They warned that countries should do their utmost to avoid protectionist policies in response to the global financial crisis.
有些成员国对欧盟和美国最近恢复乳制品出口补贴表示担忧。他们警告说，各国应该竭尽全力避免利用保护主义政策来回应全球金融危机。
The Doha Development Round began in Qatar in 2001 with the goal of scrapping trade barriers and subsidies, particularly in agriculture, by 2013. Talks will resume when WTO members meet in Geneva later this year.
多哈回合谈判是2001年在卡塔尔开始的，其目标是在2013年之前消除贸易壁垒和补贴，特别是在农业方面。世贸组织成员今年晚些时候将在日内瓦恢复有关谈判。 |