00749nam a2200085Ia 4500100001600000245008500016260000900101520053400110583001900644  aKING, David  aIssues facing sugar beet and cane growers in the next round of WTO negotiations.  c1997  aIdentifies the challenges for the WTO when it re-opens negotiations in 1999-2000 as: (1) to consolidate the results of the Uruguay Round; (2) to make new rules in areas such as foreign direct investment, competition policy and export credits; and (3) to address three general concerns, viz: (a) to make sure that trade liberalisation contributes to the elimination of poverty; (b) to make sure that regional free trade agreements are in conformity with WTO rules; (c) to integrate new partners into WTO, such as Russia and China.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR