U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab will meet with the head of the World Trade Organization on Friday to revive stalled global trade talks, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The report said the one-day visit Friday follows a series of round-robin discussions Schwab has held with major players in the so-called Doha Round of talks.

In the last two weeks, Schwab has conferred directly with top trade officials from Brazil, Europe and Japan, and has reached out by telephone to India's lead negotiator, according to the report.

The report quoted a senior U.S. trade official as saying that the meeting with Mr. Lamy will help lay the groundwork for additional discussions to be held later this month at an international conference in Davos, Switzerland.

The official said there have been no breakthroughs, but suggested major players have shown "more willingness" to begin hammering out details, said the report.