HANOI, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said here Wednesday that the Doha Round of trade talks can only be resumed after some key issues such as new market access to agricultural goods are tackled.

    "No single country or group of countries will be able to unilaterally put the Doha Round back on track.," she told a press conference on the sideline of the on-going ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

    "No artificial deadline or high-profile ministerial meetings will do the trick," she said, stressing that the only thing to put the Doha Round back on track is that all the players in the talks, being developed or developing countries, are willing to stretch beyond what they want now.

    First, new trade flows in the agricultural goods trade through new market access is key, she noted.

    "We are talking about meaningful new market access and trade flows for agricultural goods," she said.

    The U.S. official said that the reduction of trade subsidies by the EU and the U.S. and new trade flows of manufactured goods and services are also key elements for making a breakthrough.

    The Doha Round talks, which have stumbled nearly five years, were suspended in July due to bitter difference among major WTO members, particularly on agricultural issues.