Is now the time to tackle supply management?

Published May 11, 2011

Even in writing, the chairman's frustration is evident.

"Various ideas have been tried but nothing has commanded consensus," New Zealand diplomat David Walker, chair of the committee that negotiates agricultural rules at the World Trade Organization, wrote in a report dated April 21. "One of these days, a solution is actually going to have to be found that works for everyone."

The reason...