China blamed "selfish" wealthy Western nations yesterday for the latest failure to conclude long-running talks to free up global trade, while Asian rival Japan pointed the finger at the region's emerging giants. China's official news agency, Xinhua, said the negotiations at World Trade Organisation headquarters in Geneva collapsed ultimately because the US and the EU were unwilling to scrap huge subsidies they pay their farmers.

But Japan upbraided China and India, as growing economic powers, for not shouldering greater responsibilities in the WTO.

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