Here's how it ended: Peter

Here's how it ended:

Peter Gallagher fills in some of the details about the collapse of the Cancun trade talks: "It's over ... for now ". The actual collapse wasn't triggered by the disagreements on the agricultural issues:

"The failure point was the four so-called 'Singapore issues': specifically the objections of a broad coalition of Asian, Carribbean and African countries to proposals for further work on Trade Facilitation (improving the regulations affecting the movement of goods through ports, and regulations surrounding financial transactions and customs clearances)..."