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Failed Doha talks heat climate task

DESPITE the best efforts of deniers, there are depressing similarities
between the Doha talks on free world trade and negotiations for an
international agreement on what to do about climate change. Success on
both issues relies on satisfying the competing demands of developed and
developing nations. After seven years of on-again, off-again talks, the
latest effort to broker a Doha deal failed because the developing world
did not trust that developed nations would not use their markets as a
dumping ground for agricultural surpluses in times of glut to the
detriment of local farmers. The talks, designed to break down tariff
protections in the US and Europe, could not accept developing nations
using rapid tariff adjustments for self-protection.

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