The World Trade Organization's tenth ministerial conference, scheduled to end today (December 18) is going down to the wire because of the intransigent positions adopted by the United States.

Civil society representatives present at the WTO Ministerial Conference (MC10) have expressed deep shock and disappointment over a draft text on Agriculture released in the early hours of the morning here on the third day of the Conference.

Developing countries with hundreds of millions of poor farmers on Thursday (17 December) received a jolt at the World Trade Organization's tenth ministerial conference (MC10) here when draft texts on Agriculture issued this morning ruled out any outcomes for the special safeguard mechanism (SSM)