Introduction

Multilateral trade in agriculture and agricultural products is known to have had a difficult political chemistry. An innovation of the World Trade Organization's Doha Ministerial Conference was that it made special and differential treatment for developing countries integral throughout the negotiations. Special and differential treatment applies to both new commitments made by the Member economies and to any relevant new or revised rules and disciplines initiated during the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations. After prolonged negotiations, there was little agreement on ...