在世界贸易组织2003年坎昆会议上，发展中国家立场一致，阻止了制定几乎和前一轮乌拉圭回合一样不公正的贸易协议。 乌拉圭回合协议让最贫穷国家雪上加霜。
At the World Trade Organization’s meeting Cancun in 2003, the developing countries stood together and blocked efforts to forge a trade agreement that was almost as unfair as the previous Uruguay round, under which the poorest countries actually became worse off.