New Groups in the WTO Agricultural
Trade Negotiations: Power, Learning
and Institutional Design
CATPRN Commissioned Paper CP 2006-2
May 2006
Robert Wolfe
Associate Professor
School of Policy Studies
Queen’s University
[email protected]
http://www.catrade.org
Funding for this project was provided by the CATPRN and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs. The CATPRN is funded by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada but the views expressed in
this paper are those of the author and should not be attributed to the funding agencies. The author is very
grateful for the research assistance of Jesse Helmer. The paper is based on confidential interviews with
current and former Canadian officials; on information from the WTO secretariat; and on press accounts of
the activities of the groups, especially in ICTSD/Bridges and Inside U.S. Trade.