1.   Many poor countries say the current international trade framework leaves farmers in the developing world unable to compete with subsidized crops from richer countries.

2.   The WTO, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, is to implement the new trade framework which came into force last January.

3.   The WTO, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, is tasked with implementing the new trade framework that came into force last January.

4.   Negotiations on intellectual property rights, including patents, are part of wide-ranging trade framework talks resumed this month after being stalled for three and a half months.

5.   The new world trade framework which came into force last January calls upon signatories to open up services to foreign competition.