21.   Sanctions were eased slightly last year to allow Libya to receive agricultural commodities and medical equipment.

22.   Since then there had been a rally in some agricultural commodity prices, including wheat, corn, sugar and coffee.

23.   Such a condition is not uncommon in agricultural commodities, reflecting expectations of an anticipated harvest.

24.   Soybeans led a plunge in agricultural commodity prices after government crop forecasts for everything from grains to cotton to oranges exceeded expectations.

25.   Such funds exist for many agricultural commodities, from honey to watermelons to dairy products to pork.

26.   The exchange trades futures and options on wheat, rye, oats, flax seed and other agricultural commodities.

27.   The latest draft of the treaty excludes agricultural commodities from the advanced approval requirements.

28.   The talks broke down over the question of whether this requirement would also apply to agricultural commodities like wheat and corn.

29.   The trade problem is starkest in manufactured goods, that is to say trade leaving out services, energy and agricultural commodities.

30.   The treaty would have required that a country approve in advance any imports of agricultural commodities that have been genetically altered.