Talks to expand the World Trade Organization have collapsed after a week of negotiations. The talks broke down in part because India and other developing nations demanded the right to protect their farming sectors against heavily subsidized imports. The US refused to accept the protections and insisted on giving US corporations greater access to markets in India, China and other nations.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/31/raj_patel_on_the_collapse_of
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8/01/2008
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