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Page last updated at 09:55 GMT, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 10:55 UK
Demonstrators in Cancun
Mixed feelings over Cancun collapse
Many governments bemoan the failure to agree a new world trade deal, but poor countries cheer what some call a famous victory.
Why did trade talks collapse?
The new politics of trade

VOTE RESULTS
Will free trade benefit the world's poor?
YES
 51.12% 
N O
 48.88% 
8865 Votes Cast
Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion

Trade and the poor
Will globalisation save or destroy the world?

Colourful protests
Anti-WTO activists get their message out

Why talks collapsed
How failure to reach a deal will affect rich and poor countries

KEY TRADE ISSUES

Cancun: A view from the ground
Andrew Walker describes the atmosphere at the summit.

World trade talks collapse
Protesters maintain pressure
Rich and poor clash over farm aid
Suicide and protests mar first day
Cambodia and Nepal win entry
TV reports and reaction
KEY ISSUES

The politics of world trade deals
Globalisation in retreat as power blocs emerge.

Cancun: Winners and losers
A boost to the poor
Playing the blame game
Adding up farming subsidies
Is the WTO drugs deal flawed?
Will USA bypass the WTO?

REAL LIVES NORTH AND SOUTH

Dairy farmers
How subsidies affect livelihoods in France and Mali

Textile workers
How open markets worry British and Indian factory workers
Steelworkers
How trade wars have angered workers in Brazil and the USA

World trade rivals
Interactive map and guide to the world's major trade blocs
Trade puzzles
Do you know your IMF from your WTO? Take our quick quiz
Have Your Say
Who's to blame for trade talks collapse?

ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINTS

Mexican farmers' avocado trade battle

Africans attack cotton subsidies
CBI attacks farming subsidies
Europe fights its food corner
Textile fears in the North
Vital that Cancun talks succeed
Textile struggles in Bangladesh
OTHER TRADE DISPUTES

Genetically modified foods
 

Steel wars
 

MOZAMBIQUE AND THE WTO
Why trade policies matter
 

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