GENEVA--Members of the World Trade Organization begin a week of talks Oct 4 in Geneva on agricultural trade which many diplomats are viewing as crucial to a successful outcome at the WTO's Hong Kong ministerial in December.
Informal meetings of the WTO's negotiating group on agriculture begin Oct. 4, with delegates under pressure to produce some narrowing of differences on outstanding issues which can provide positive input to a meeting of key trade ministers in Zurich on Oct. 10.
