The U.S. wants an end to subsidized exports of farm goods, new openings for trade in the services sector, an extension of a pledge by WTO members not to apply special tariffs to electronic transmissions across borders, and the establishment of a working group to study integrating labor standards into WTO rules. Japan and many developing countries want to see changes in the WTO rules on dumping, but the U.S. is refusing to discuss this issue.
See "The Issues Driving the Trade Talks", International Herald Tribune, November 30, 1999