November 2001 : The World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently concluded their meeting at Doha by agreeing to launch a new round of trade discussions. At stake were a wide range of issues crucial to the lives of many in developing countries. Devinder Sharma discusses some of these issues. Devinder Sharma is a New Delhi-based food and trade policy analyst. Among his recent works include two books GATT to WTO: Seeds of Despair and In the Famine Trap