premise: Throughout the past week trade officials have expressed gloom about the Hong Kong meeting, with EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson saying the talks would fail.
  The so-called Doha round of WTO talks, launched in the Qatari capital of Doha in 2001, has bogged down in a bitter dispute over agricultural subsidies which has pitted mainly rich nations against developing nations.
  Developing countries also argue that farm subsidies in rich nations such as the United States and EU countries depress global prices and prevent growers in poor nations from competing.
  The European Union has rejected demands by the United States, Australia and some other APEC members to impose greater cuts in the subsidies.
  WTO members should "make further, meaningful contributions to move the negotiations forward," said the APEC statement. "Doing this will require economically and politically difficult decisions by all WTO members."
   What is implied meaning of the meeting?
hypothesis: prevent growers in poor nations from competing