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Organization conference was the first time the world had met since they had created the Doha Development Agenda. This agenda is designed to lower trading barriers and encourage a global trade on a much larger scale, with more of the smaller countries. With over two years since its creation, many countries had so many pressing issues they had hoped to bring forward into the conference, yet there was too little time for all of them to be considered.
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Organization commitments, services (like telecommunications and financial services) and specialized treatment for developing countries. The developing countries heavily criticised the advantage that agricultural corporations from developed nations have, as agriculture subsidizes are common, and the unfair competition it would create on developing nations if they would join a free-market agreement. Of all these topics, there were no definite decisions or outcomes that came from the five-day meeting. It did however progress the ideas forward for the next conference. Many found the ideas were just the start and would provide a good push when the next conference came around.
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508:2nd (1998)
503:1st (1996)
421:Agreements
199:References
181:John Tsang
138:Priorities
119:Free Trade
105:Background
1398:Lithuania
1280:Venezuela
1190:Sri Lanka
1175:Singapore
1140:St. Lucia
1060:Nicaragua
1010:Mauritius
905:Indonesia
890:Hong Kong
860:Guatemala
660:Australia
650:Argentina
392:Criticism
185:Hong Kong
169:subsidies
154:antitrust
1438:Slovenia
1433:Slovakia
1423:Portugal
1328:Bulgaria
1300:Zimbabwe
1220:Thailand
1215:Tanzania
1195:Suriname
1105:Paraguay
1090:Pakistan
1025:Mongolia
995:Maldives
990:Malaysia
885:Honduras
825:Eswatini
800:Dominica
795:Djibouti
765:Colombia
730:Cameroon
725:Cambodia
695:Botswana
675:Barbados
295:See also
67:commerce
1428:Romania
1383:Ireland
1378:Hungary
1368:Germany
1358:Finland
1353:Estonia
1348:Denmark
1333:Croatia
1323:Belgium
1318:Austria
1285:Vietnam
1275:Uruguay
1255:Ukraine
1240:Tunisia
1160:Senegal
1070:Nigeria
1045:Namibia
1035:Morocco
1020:Moldova
965:Liberia
960:Lesotho
915:Jamaica
895:Iceland
855:Grenada
845:Georgia
810:Ecuador
720:Burundi
715:Myanmar
690:Bolivia
665:Bahrain
655:Armenia
635:Algeria
630:Albania
618:Members
183:, then
123:tariffs
57:At the
1533:CancĂșn
1448:Sweden
1418:Poland
1393:Latvia
1373:Greece
1363:France
1338:Cyprus
1295:Zambia
1250:Uganda
1245:Turkey
1210:Taiwan
1130:Rwanda
1125:Russia
1095:Panama
1080:Norway
1015:Mexico
985:Malawi
945:Kuwait
925:Jordan
910:Israel
875:Guyana
865:Guinea
735:Canada
705:Brunei
700:Brazil
680:Belize
640:Angola
572:People
385:Issues
349:System
87:CancĂșn
75:Mexico
71:CancĂșn
51:CancĂșn
1443:Spain
1408:Malta
1388:Italy
1290:Yemen
1230:Tonga
1150:Samoa
1120:Qatar
1065:Niger
1050:Nepal
975:Macau
935:Kenya
920:Japan
900:India
880:Haiti
850:Ghana
835:Gabon
815:Egypt
760:China
755:Chile
685:Benin
1225:Togo
1110:Peru
1085:Oman
1000:Mali
955:Laos
830:Fiji
790:Cuba
750:Chad
109:The
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