▁the ▁minister ial ▁meeting ▁in ▁D oh a ▁but ▁progress ▁was ▁almost ▁non - ex istent . ▁This ▁meeting ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁framework ▁for ▁further ▁negoti ations . ▁ ▁The ▁Can c ún ▁minister ial ▁col lapsed ▁for ▁several ▁reasons . ▁First , ▁differences ▁over ▁the ▁Singapore ▁issues ▁seemed ▁in cap able ▁of ▁resolution . ▁The ▁EU ▁had ▁retre ated ▁on ▁few ▁of ▁its ▁dem ands , ▁but ▁several ▁developing ▁countries ▁refused ▁any ▁consideration ▁of ▁these ▁issues ▁at ▁all . ▁Second , ▁it ▁was ▁question ed ▁whether ▁some ▁countries ▁had ▁come ▁to ▁Can c ún ▁with ▁a ▁serious ▁intention ▁to ▁negoti ate . ▁In ▁the ▁view ▁of ▁some ▁obser vers , ▁a ▁few ▁countries ▁showed ▁no ▁flex ibility ▁in ▁their ▁positions ▁and ▁only ▁repeated ▁their ▁dem ands ▁rather ▁than ▁talk ▁about ▁trade - offs . ▁Third , ▁the ▁wide ▁difference ▁between ▁developing ▁and ▁developed ▁countries ▁across ▁virt ually ▁all ▁topics ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁obst acle . ▁The ▁US – E U ▁agricult ural ▁proposal ▁and ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁G 2 0 ▁developing ▁nations , ▁for ▁example , ▁show ▁strik ingly ▁different ▁approaches ▁to ▁special ▁and ▁differential ▁treatment . ▁Four th , ▁there ▁was ▁some ▁criticism ▁of ▁procedure . ▁Some ▁claimed ▁the ▁ag enda ▁was ▁too ▁complicated . ▁Also , ▁Can c ún ▁minister ial ▁chairman , ▁Mexico ’ s ▁Foreign ▁Minister ▁Luis ▁Ern esto ▁Der bez , ▁was ▁fault ed ▁for ▁ending ▁the ▁meeting ▁when ▁he ▁did , ▁instead ▁of ▁trying ▁to ▁move ▁the ▁tal ks ▁into ▁areas ▁where ▁some ▁progress