00778nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000160001724500850003326000090011852005340012758300190066120260716043348.0  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