A month away from the 11th WTO ministerial conference, to be held in Buenos Aires on 10-13 December, persistent differences of opinion are reducing the hope of fruitful results on the liberalisation of agricultural trade at multilateral level, particularly on the reform of 'domestic supports'.
In Geneva, the WTO member countries are still divided over the reduction of 'domestic supports' – which was the key theme of the informal ministerial meeting in Marrakesh on 9-10 October. Most...