We know that the timing and sequencing of their own trade reforms is a critical issue. We know that trade must be seen as part of a wider and more comprehensive development strategy. We also know that bringing developing countries more fully into the global trading system is key, not only to a more equitable world economy, but a more secure and stable one as well. The real question we have to tackle in WTO is how to move a meaningful trade and development agenda forward. First , we need to make real progress this year on the mandated WTO negotiations on agriculture and services .
Rural poverty is the most endemic and corrosive form of poverty in the world.
Continuing high barriers to agricultural trade are a large part of the problem. We have got to start bringing them down. Services liberalization is central to successful development strategies. It brings with it essential access to modern technology, more efficient infrastructure, lower transport and communications costs, stronger and better functioning financial markets. Second , we need make progress quickly on a generous package of measures to assist the least developed countries.