WTO CHIEF PASCAL LAMY WILL GIVE HIS ASSESSMENT OF THE STALLED DOHA ROUND OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION TALKS TO THIS WEEK'S MEETING OF WORLD LEADERS IN RUSSIA, A SPOKESMAN SAID THURSDAY, ACCORDING TO AP. PASCAL LAMY, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WILL BRIEF PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS FROM THE GROUP OF EIGHT LEADING INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS MEETING IN ST. PETERSBURG, AS WELL AS OFFICIALS FROM SEVERAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, WTO SPOKESMAN KEITH ROCKWELL SAID. THE SESSION SUNDAY WILL BE CHAIRED BY GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL. «HE WILL INDICATE WHERE THINGS ARE,» ROCKWELL TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. «TRADE TALKS HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA OF THE MEETING. THIS INDICATES A SLIGHTLY HIGHER LEVEL OF CONCERN.» A NUMBER OF WORLD LEADERS _ INCLUDING U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR AND BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA _ HAVE CALLED A NEW TRADE DEAL A TOP PRIORITY.
