World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conferences take place at least once every two years. They are the WTO’s highest policy-making forum and set the direction of the organisation for the coming period. The forthcoming ministerial session has the task of preparing the ground for decisions on the Doha Development Agenda, due to be agreed by the end of 2006. The ‘Doha Round’ was launched in November 2001 and was intended to prioritise development issues, placing the interests and needs of (...)