Read the following article and identify the challenges to the WTO. Whither The WTO Doha Development Round?

Read the following article and identify the challenges to the WTO. 

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Whither The WTO Doha Development Round? by Elizabeth Morgan In an article on December 21, 2018, the Financial Times declared that the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round had finally died a merciful death after nearly a decade spent comatose. This reflected the view of the developed countries, which was not necessarily supported by all developing countries. The Doha round was not launched until the fourth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC4) at Doha, Qatar, in November 2001, with much pressure exerted by the developed countries. The compromise was that the round would focus on development issues. This Doha "Development" Round would address agricultural products, non-agricultural products (in- dustrial, including fisheries) - known by the acronym NAMA - services, and various trade-related and de- velopment specific issues, including special and dif- ferential treatment (S&DT) and small economies. From 2006, the Doha Round negotiations continued with limited progress. Agriculture was a particularly difficult issue, as developed countries demanded in- creased access into the markets of emerging develop- ing countries and developing countries had concerns about subsidies applied in developed countries. It was also evident that development, as defined by develop- ing countries, was not at the core of the round. Devel- opment for developed countries was all about market access. In the intervening period, countries began to increas- ingly negotiate complex bilateral and plurilateral free- trade agreements mainly outside of the WTO. These included the Trans-Partnership and the Trade in Ser- vices Agreement. By MC10 in Nairobi, Kenya, December 2015, the developed countries, the original proponents of the