?Make-or-Break? Geneva Sessions

This week's ministerial meetings in Geneva aimed at settling on negotiating modalities for agriculture and nonagricultural market access are "make-or-break" for the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda trade round, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said yesterday (WTD, 6/27/06).

The secretary and US Trade Representative Susan Schwab made an appearance on Capitol Hill with key House and Senate lawmakers before leaving for Geneva for meetings that WTO members hope will produce key agreements to keep the round on track.

Those meetings could well decide the fate of the negotiations, Mr. Johanns told reporters. "We are literally down to a point where there just isn