WTO chief asks China for help restarting trade talks

BEIJING (AP) - The director-general of the World Trade Organization says the collapse of the group's recent meeting in Mexico doesn't mean that multinational negotiations are doomed, and asked China to use its influence to help smooth the way toward new talks. 

Supachai Panitchpakdi said Monday that the failure of the ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico, in September to establish a road map for the next stage of the "Doha Development Agenda'' of world trade was a kick in the pants for WTO members.