Agriculture appears to be the straw that will make or break the camel's back for the Argentineans, and many others. Specific problematic issues include access to markets for agriculture goods worldwide and the elimination of subsides for farmers in developed countries which place developing countries at a disadvantage as well as export subsidy issues.

"Argentina, like other developing nations has one principle problem," Briozzo said. "That the globalization and liberalization of commerce has reached only the products in which the developed countries are efficient. But food products from the developing countries are really an administered commerce plagued by tariff impediments." The liberalization that Vasquez is talking about refers to the third world demand that the first world honor the agriculture subsides agreed on at the Paraguay Round, that have not been fulfilled.

Every Latin American country is a WTO member, which is a stark contrast to the number of African nations. Vasquez accredits that to the restoration of democracy in Latin America in the 1980s, which helped their economies modernize.

Another gripe the Argentinean delegation has come to Doha to deal with involves Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Vasquez said that Brazil's solution to the patent problem interests Argentina, which despite the lower cases of HIV/AIDS, could eliminate the patent as an obstacle to developing its own pharmaceuticals.

Both reiterated that the agriculture question is most crucial. "We're going to fight, along with Australia and Canada against these [barriers]," Vasquez said.