New Delhi: India today (Feb 9, 2007) said the US should take the path shown byEuropean Union and offer to cut support it provides to the agriculture sectorso that negotiations on Doha Round of WTO talks reach a fruitful conclusion.

The Doha round of talks at the WTO, which havebeen suspended since July last year, revived yesterday in Geneva.

"We welcome the EU offer of flexibility on agriculture and are lookingforward to something from the US," Commerce and Industry Minister KamalNath said after meeting with Greek Finance and Economy Minister GeorgeAlogoskoufi.

The EU has agreed for a higher cut in its farm tariffs as desired by developingcountries but the USis unwilling to reduce its trade distorting agriculture subsidies.

Nath said, while the talks have restarted despite the key players sticking totheir positions, in the coming weeks developed countries should show greaterflexibility on agriculture tariffs and subsidies.

"The official level talks have started and things have been put back onthe table. In the next few weeks there should be much more on the table,"he said.

Nath said, “The current round at WTO is a development round and we have to seethat it leads to greater trade flows from developing to developed countries inagriculture, industrial goods and services”

The Greek Minister also wanted the US to tread the same path as EU.

"The EU has made a conditional offer in agriculture tohelp reactivate Doharound and we expect a similar reaction from our partners across the Atlantic(US)," Alogoskoufi said.