FarmPolicy

May 22, 2013

Doha’s Demise

Stephen Castle and Keith Bradsher reported in today’s New York Times that, “Some blamed soybeans. Others blamed cotton. And many pointed a finger at America’s election-year politics.

“But the collapse of negotiations to open world markets gave way Wednesday to resignation that a shift in the global economic hierarchy had darkened the prospect any time soon of a new accord to further open markets.”

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