premise: Ministers of the 148 World Trade Organisation members head to Hong Kong from December 13 to take stock of the 'Doha Development' round of negotiations, launched in the Qatari capital in 2001.
  The talks have largely stalled over the degree to which rich countries offer financial support to their agriculture sectors.
  Mali President Amadou Toumani Toure said cotton was "symbolic of inequitable trade". "Are we going to continue in Africa sowing cotton to harvest deficits, while others, more affluent, sow the same cotton to harvest subsidies?" Toure said.
   What is expected to happen after the talks have largely stalled over?
hypothesis: take stock of the 'Doha Development' round of negotiations