this planet and the doha roundof the wto has development at the core agenda. developing countries, particularly the ldcs, the poor countries, has the most to gain and much to loose, the failure or the success. so we are very clear where we are: there hasa . >>friedman: what has changed now that india is a member of the g20 and the g20 seems more serious: does that change anything for india? >>sharma: it is not india being a member, it is the recognition by the developed countries that the g8 alone could not address the challenges, could not meet the aspirations, given the complexities of the worldthat we live in. therefore there has to be a representative order and grouping which deals with these issues, so the g20 is becoming a reality. both the political edifice and the economic architecture have to respond to the contemporary realities. it would be a huge mistake, which has been for decades, to keep them frozen, in the order that emerged after the second world war, when the majority ofthe countries which are members of the united nations were not free natio

observation is a longstanding one that comes from many years spent in frustration trying to nudge the doha negotiations along. and noticing two things. one, china is pretty much destined to to be the world's largest trading nation. it is not already, it is going to be within the next several years. -- if it is not already, it is going to be within the next several years. and that, in a sense, is trade power. if you relate it to this concept, you know, britain was the free trade power in much of the modest -- in the 19th century. the united states was the free trade power in a good part of the second half of the 20th century. and the free trade power is basically the world's largest trader, but it is also a competitive trader. it is a trader that is confident. my point about china is that they could be doing more, could have done more to promote the doha negotiations and to recognize that no country has a greater interest than china in a free trading system. those were the particular point comes. but i think the point could increasingly become generalized. in so many areas. in climate chang

observation is a longstanding one that comes from many years spent in frustration trying to nudge the doha negotiations along. and noticing two things. one, china is pretty much destined to to be the world's largest trading nation. it is not already, it is going to be within the next several years. -- if it is not already, it is going to be within the next several years. and that, in a sense, is trade power. if you relate it to this concept, you know, britain was the free trade power in much of the modest -- in the 19th century. the united states was the free trade power in a good part of the second half of the 20th century. and the free trade power is basically the world's largest trader, but it is also a competitive trader. it is a trader that is confident. my point about china is that they could be doing more, could have done more to promote the doha negotiations and to recognize that no country has a greater interest than china in a free trading system. those were the particular point comes. but i think the point could increasingly become generalized. in so many areas. in climate chang

and that's why we'll continue to shape a doha trade agreement that opens -- that opens markets and why we'll strengthen our trading with people in asia and other key areas like panama and colombia. fourth, we need to invest in the skills and education of our people. now this year, this year we've broken through the stale mate between left and right by launching a national competition to improve our schools. and the idea here is simple. instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success. instead of funding the status quo, we only invest in reform. reform that raises student achievement, inspiring students to compel in math and science, and turns around tailing -- failing school that steal the future of too many young americans from rural communities to the inner cities. in the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program around is a world class education. and in this country the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential. when we renew the elementary and secondary education act, we will work with congress to expand these reforms to all 50 stat

[applause] and that is why we will continue to shape the doha trade agreement that opens global markets why we will strengthen our trade relations in china and south korea, panama and colombia. [applause] fourth, we need to invest in the skills and education of our people. now, this year-- [applause] this year we have broken through the stalemate between left and right by launching a national competition to improve our schools. the idea here is simple, instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success. instead of funding the status quo, we only invest in reform. reform that raises student achievement, inspire students to excel in math and science and turns around the failing schools that still the future of too many young americans from rural communities to the inner-city. in the 21st century, the best antipoverty program around is a world-class education. [applause] [applause] in this country the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential. when we renewed the elementary and secondary education act we will work with congress to expand these

observation is a long-standing one that comes from many years spent in frustration trying to manage the dohagotiations along. in noticing two things. one, that china is pretty much destined to be the world's largest trading nation if it's not already it's going to be within the next several years. and it is in a sense the free trade power if you relate to this concept, and you know, united kingdom, britain, with the free trade power in much of the 19th century. united states was the free trade power in a good heart, doing good part the second half of the 20th century. end of free trade power is basically the world's largest trader. but it's also a competitive trader. it is a trader that is competent. and my point about china is that they could be doing more, could have done more to promote the doha negotiations and to recognize that no country has a greater interest than china in eight views based and free trading. and that's where that particular point comes. but i think the point increasingly can be generalized. in so many areas. in climate change, china is now the biggest emitter of carbo

and that's why we'll continue to shape a doha trade agreement that opens -- that opens markets and why we'll strengthen our trading with people in asia and other key areas like panama and colombia. fourth, we need to invest in the skills and education of our people. now this year this year we've broken through the stale mate between left and right by launching a national competition to improve our schools. and the idea here is simple. instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success. instead of funding the status quo, we only invest in reform. reform that raises student achievement, inspiring students to compel in math and science, and turns around tailing -- failing school that steal the future of too many young americans from rural communities to the inner cities. in the 21st century the best anti-poverty program around is a world class education. and in this country the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential. when we renew the elementary and secondary education act, we will work with congress to expand these reforms to all 50 states

as you know, doha hold the last dialogue between the two and there is an agreement being signed and weand find a way to solve this problem through meaningful dialogue. and dialogue which can give the lead for the state of yemen because we support the unity of yemen and that's a very important role but it's a very important also not to spread our power or our efforts to these kind of things and we have to -- concentrate on the terrorism and how we can fight the terrorism in our region and other so we don't export it somewhere else. >> thank you so much. happy new year. madam secretary, if i can start by asking about -- the follow-up question on yemen what do you hope to get out of the meeting in london at the end of the month? and what can the g.c.c. countries play, specifically what role can they play specifically? and your excellency, if i may regarding the peace talks in the middle east, are there any conditions on the ground now that give you further hope that there can be successful talks with an end game? we're hearing difficult reports of the possibilities of quicker resumpings o

as you know, doha held a dialogue between -- the yemeni government and there is an agreement to be signed. we hope we go back and find a way to solve this problem through meaningful dialogue. and dialog which can give the lead for the state of yemen, because we support the unity of yemen. and that is very important role. it is very important also not to spread our power or our efforts to these kinds of things. and we have to concentrate on how we can fight the terrorism in our region and others so we do not export it somewhere else. >> thank you so much. happy new year. madam secretary, can i start by asking about yemen. what do you hope to get out of the meeting in london at the end of the month? and what can bthe dcc countries play? your excellency, regarding the middle east peace talks, are there any conditions on the ground now they give you for their hope that there can be successful talks and and and game. end game? >> thank you very much and happy new year. i think the meeting at the end of the month in london it is an opportunity for nations that can play our role in helping to st