WTO chief Pascal Lamy confirmed at a press conference that the failure was mainly due to sharp differences on agricultural SSM for developing countries and cotton subsidies by the United States.

• WTO主席PascalLamy在一个记者会上明确指出：此次会谈失败主要是由于美国在发展中国家农业特殊保障制度和棉花补贴上的严重分歧。