AGRICULTURAL ROUND THINK PIECE
February 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLFOR an institution known for its tortoise-like deliberations, the World Trade Organisation has set itself such tight deadlines to make serious progress in its ongoing agricultural round that it will have to work, in its terms, at break-neck speed.Announcing the end of the second stage of the talks, where diplomats attempted to put some detailed flesh on the bare bones of the general liberalisation proposals made in stage one, the round's special session of the agriculture committee gave itself until March 31 to agree firm principles that will be ...
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