Fair trade and the lives and livelihoods of billions of people are at stake at the 6th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference, Dec. 13-18 in Hong Kong. The WTO sees the Hong Kong negotiations as one of its last chances for reaching final agreement on the Doha Round before the December 2006 deadline, in the wake of the resounding failure of the 2003 ministerial meet in Cancún, Mexico, and the breakdowns in dialogue since then. But some developing countries, civil society and farmers' groups want no deal to be reached in Hong Kong, saying that the kind of trade liberalisation sought by the WTO and rich nations undermines the livelihoods of smaller nations and poor communities.