U.S. businesses urge new agenda at World Trade Organization

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A top U.S. business group, frustrated with years of stalemate in world trade talks, on Wednesday urged the Obama administration to pursue a new agenda with fewer countries centered on services trade, health care and cross-border digital data flows.

"(We've) tried to come up with what we think is an appropriate agenda as we move away from Doha," said Bill Reinsch, president of the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), referring to the round of trade talks launched in late 2001 with the goal of helping poor countries prosper from trade.