Negotiations have continued since the last conference in June 2007. [25] Before the start of the conference, Ceo Pascal Lamy said the success rates were above 50%. [26] About forty ministers participated in the negotiations, which are expected to last only five days, but lasted nine days. Kamal Nath, India`s trade minister, was absent in the early days of the conference due to a vote of confidence in the Indian parliament. [27] On the second day of the conference, Susan Schwab, the U.S. Trade Representative, announced that the U.S. would limit its agricultural subsidies from $18.2 billion in 2006 to $15 billion per year.[28] [29] The proposal was conditional on countries such as Brazil and India abandoning their objections to different aspects of the round. [28] The US and the EU have also proposed an increase in the number of temporary visas for posted workers. [30] After a week of negotiations, many felt that a deal was “within reach.” Negotiations broke down on July 29 on agricultural trade issues between the United States, India and China. [34] In particular, there have been intractable differences between India and the United States over the Special Protection Mechanism (MSM), a measure to protect poor farmers by allowing countries to impose a special tariff on certain agricultural goods in the event of an increase or decrease in imports. [35] Under the agreement, the Bank of Doha will make available to EQ-rated companies a comprehensive package of services and facilities. The package offered to authorised companies includes credit improvements, discounts on debt agreement fees and credit processing, preferential treatment for service requests, reduced security requirements and competitive prices.

The Paris talks focused on a few topics: France protested against the reduction of subsidies to farmers, while the United States, Australia, the EU, Brazil and India failed to reach agreement on issues relating to chicken, beef and rice. [19] Most of the sticking points were minor technical issues, so trade negotiators fear that agreement on big politically risky issues would be much more difficult. [19] In December 2013, the new Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, during the negotiations of the ninth Ministerial Conference in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, adopted a “Bali package”, which concerns a small part of the Doha agenda[6], mainly “bureaucracy”. [54] Due to the controversial nature of the reform of legislation on intellectual property, trade in services and crop subsidies to food security, discussions have focused on trade facilitation, which means a reduction in cross-border tariffs and other rules that hinder international trade. . . .