Brussels, 19/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - Before being examined by around fifty trade ministers representing the major trading powers and the main WTO negotiating groups in Geneva on 28 June-2 July, a first draft text setting out the detail of a compromise on the arrangements (figures and other provisions) in agriculture and manufactured goods (NAMAs) is to be circulated at WTO headquarters this week. Approval given by the ministerial meeting at the end of the month could open the way for the finalisation of the Doha Round talks before the end of the year. If, however, it is rejected, negotiations could be suspended sine die. As pointed out over recent weeks (see EUROPE 9196 and 9212), consensus is still far off on access to the agriculture and non-agriculture markets. The draft compromise will, then, contain several brackets, indicating disagreements at this stage. Trade ministers will meet to try to give political impetus to the negotiations, and, in the event of a compromise, the month of July could be devoted to other issues in the Round (services, rules, easing of trade etc.). The European Commission, negotiating on behalf of the European Union, hopes that the EU-US Summit in Vienna on Wednesday (see related article above and on page 5) will provide the opportunity to persuade Washington to show greater flexibility in its demands on access to its partners' agriculture markets and on its offer on internal subsidies. Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has repeated on several occasions that he was planning new flexibility on his agriculture offer on condition that he received significant concessions from his partners, principally the United States and the G20 group of emerging countries.