reductions in market access barriers and tighter controls on domestic support policies in
developed country markets. This is a particularly important issue for those middle-income
developing countries who may be asked to forego some of the benefits of the new S&D
regime as the price of reaching an agreement. If the market opening commitments are
sufficiently attractive, it would be important not to lose the opportunity of taking advantage of
these simply to make a point about S&D treatment.
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