Anti-WTO protesters from Asia - migrants, students, and trade unions of Hong Kong - hold placards reading 'Junk WTO' as they protest outside the United States Consulate in Hong Kong on September 12, 2003. World trade talks approached the half-way stage with rich and poor nations expected to be presented with a first attempt at compromise although they remain divided over the core issue of how to slash billions of dollars of subsidies to Western farmers. The meeting of World Trade Organization (WTO) ministers aims to wrap up an accord to revive talks on a new trade deal, which the World Bank says could lift millions of people out of poverty and boost the flagging global economy.
