In Hong Kong today, negotiators from most of the world's nations reached a deal to save global trade talks from collapse.

NPR: World Trade Deal Reached on Farm Subsidies

So the bigwigs left it to more junior negotiators to present the result of their horse-trading to the world's grumpy, exhausted delegates.

ECONOMIST: Climate change after Copenhagen

The World Bank has since cut these figures drastically, in part because the ambitions of the Doha negotiators have fallen short of the bank's expectations.

ECONOMIST: Economic models

In December, international negotiators halfway around the world from each other debated provisions that would impact the free flow of information online and trade.

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