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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44613)	9/16/2003 4:24:50 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

September's WTO trade talks in Cancun collapsed in acrimony after a new coalition of developing nations denounced rich countries for not lifting protectionist farm subsidies. Two years ago, in a Foreign Affairs article analyzing the breakdown of the 1999 Seattle trade talks, The New York Times' David Sanger argued that the best way to get negotiations going again was for rich and poor nations to strike a grand bargain, giving each side what they wanted most: The United States would lift its barriers on textiles and agriculture, and developing countries would start enforcing intellectual property laws and raise minimum labor and environmental standards. Full article text foreignaffairs.org