World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy is counting on Japan to be more active in securing a successful conclusion to the Doha Round of global trade talks, as concerns mount over protectionism amid the economic crisis.

Japan should compromise on the issue of market access for farm products, as the country has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the open multilateral trading system, the WTO Director General suggested Wednesday

"If you look at the package that is on the table, it is a very good package for Japan," Lamy said at the WTO headquarters in Geneva. "Industrial tariffs will be reduced by 60 percent in developed countries and 50 percent in emerging countries . . . there is a price to pay in agriculture."