When Seattle trade talks broke down at the 1999 WTO Ministerial, farm negotiators were working from a draft text prepared by the WTO staff on the basis of negotiations up to that point. This text, never officially released by the WTO, is printed below. The paragraph numbering reflects the fact that it is one part of a draft ministerial declaration that covered many other subjects. The underlined sections reflect language that was new in this draft, while the overstricken language reflects a deletion from an earlier version. This text was NOT agreed to by negotiators, and U.S. and European officials have differed over whether it would be the starting point for any future talks.