With a deadline of 2006 looming to finalise the WTO's Doha Round of free trade talks, a long-running and bitter dispute over agriculture threatens to permanently derail the four-year-old blueprint for breaking down barriers to global commerce. After virtually collapsing in late 2003, negotiations appeared to get back on track last July with an agreement by wealthy members to lower the tariffs and subsidies for farm goods that developing countries say have kept them from competing in world markets. But evidence has emerged that the European Union and United States are still dumping corn, milk, rice and sugar on overseas consumers. And progress in other key areas has also lagged, including trade in industrial goods, and services such as telecommunications and banking. In light of the skewed balance of power between North and South, who stands to gain if the talks ultimately succeed or fail? Read IPS to find out.