Farm,Nama tug of war at WTO talks
Amiti Sen GENEVA A DAY before the crucial mini-ministerial meet of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the stage seems to be set for a battle between the developed and developing countries. While developed countries, including the US and the EU, are trying to push developing countries to minimise the number of products they would shield from tariff cuts (an allowance given to developing countries under the special & differential treatment clause), the poorer countries are bent on ensuring that they get more out of the round than their rich counterparts.