DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – China has no need to revalue its yuan currency for trade reasons, as export growth will slow to a still strong 10 percent this year and its surplus is set to contract by 2015, its trade chief said on Friday.

Imports from the world’s second largest economy will probably grow faster than exports this year, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said.

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – World leaders appealed on Friday for all nations to make concessions and reach a deal on long-running trade talks by the end of this year or risk losing the opportunity for years.

British Prime Minister David Cameron told the Davos World Economic Forum it was “frankly ridiculous” that the Doha round of world trade talks had so far limped on for a decade.

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Trade ministers
meeting on Friday must give negotiators in the long-running
Doha talks the green light to make more concessions for a deal
that all can sell to their voters, trade policy-makers said.

The European Union, the world’s biggest exporter, is
hosting a dinner for trade ministers from the other key players
– Australia, Brazil, China, India, Japan and the United States
– during the World Economic Forum in Davos.

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Trade ministers
meeting on Friday must give negotiators in the long-running Doha
talks the green light to make more concessions for a deal that
all can sell to their voters, trade policy-makers said.

The European Union, the world’s biggest exporter, is
hosting a dinner for trade ministers from the other key players
– Australia, Brazil, China, India, Japan and the United States
– during the World Economic Forum in Davos.

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Trade ministers must set an example of compromise when they meet on Friday to negotiators in the long-running Doha trade talks if they also want the backing of voters back home, trade policy-makers said.

The European Union, the world’s biggest exporter, is hosting a dinner for trade ministers from the other key players — Australia, Brazil, China, India, Japan and the United States — during the World Economic Forum in Davos.

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – The European Union is watching the market for rare earth minerals closely and is determined to secure supplies from China and alternative sources, its top trade official said on Thursday.

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht declined to say whether Brussels would challenge China at the World Trade Organization over the elements, used in many high-tech goods.