Each set of briefs in the Focus series will discuss an important topic that has the potential to influence global food security in significant ways up through 2020. The millennium round briefs focus on the national, regional, and international concerns that will shape the nature and pace of the new round of trade negotiations. The world trade environment is a complex mix of regional integration, liberalization, globalization, domestic subsidies, and overt and covert protectionism. Embarking on such measures, while allowing developing countries special treatment, would make trade more equitable, benefit developing countries, limit overall price fluctuations, and expand market access for all. The editors of the brief collection led the discussion, which was joined by commentators from various embassies.
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