GENEVA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A deal to liberalise commerce in the World Trade Organisation's Doha round would boost the global economy by $500 billion, China's Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Tuesday.
China wants to reach a Doha deal in 2010, but doing so will be difficult if other countries want to reopen what has already been agreed in the eight-year-old talks, Chen told Reuters, in an apparent reference to the United States.
Any deal must meet the needs of developing countries, not just the demands by rich nations for more market opening, he said. (Reporting by Jonathan Lynn; Editing by Louise Ireland) ((jonathan.lynn@reuters.com; +41 22 733 3831; Reuters Messaging: jonathan.lynn.reuters.com@reuters.net))