Within the context of the recurring debate over free versus fair trade, the Doha round is supposed to tackle what are probably the most inequitable aspects of world trade: a highly restricted access, for developing countries' farm products, to rich countries' markets, and the heavy subsidisation of agricultural production in rich economies, undermining farm production in developing countries.
U kontekstu stalne debate o slobodnoj trgovini nasuprot pravednoj trgovini, konferencija u Dohi trebala bi se pozabaviti jednim od možda najnekorektnijih aspekata svjetske trgovine: iznimno otežanim prodorom agrarnih proizvoda zemalja u razvoju na tržišta bogatih zemalja, te iznimno opsežnim subvencioniranjem zemljoradnje u bogatim gospodarstvima, čime se uništava agrarna proizvodnja zemalja u razvoju.