PUCON, (Chile): International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz says she is now more optimistic that there will be some progress at the global trade talks next month now that some major economies had backed down from their one-time hardline stance. 

The General Council of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will be meeting in Geneva to find approaches towards moving forward the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), also known as the Doha Round of the global trade negotiations.