▁success ive ▁minister ial s ▁by ▁the ▁European ▁Union , ▁Japan ▁and ▁Korea , ▁and ▁opposed ▁by ▁most ▁developing ▁countries . ▁Since ▁no ▁agreement ▁was ▁reached , ▁the ▁developed ▁nations ▁pushed ▁that ▁any ▁new ▁trade ▁negoti ations ▁must ▁include ▁the ▁mentioned ▁issues . ▁ ▁The ▁negoti ations ▁were ▁intended ▁to ▁start ▁at ▁the ▁minister ial ▁conference ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁in ▁Seattle , ▁and ▁be ▁called ▁the ▁Mill en ni um ▁Round ▁but , ▁due ▁to ▁several ▁different ▁events ▁including ▁protest ▁activity ▁outside ▁the ▁conference ▁( the ▁so - called ▁" B attle ▁of ▁Seattle "), ▁the ▁negoti ations ▁were ▁never ▁started . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁the ▁Mill en ni um ▁Round , ▁it ▁was ▁decided ▁that ▁negoti ations ▁would ▁not ▁start ▁again ▁until ▁the ▁next ▁minister ial ▁conference ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁in ▁D oh a , ▁Q atar . ▁ ▁Just ▁months ▁before ▁the ▁D oh a ▁minister ial , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁had ▁been ▁attacked ▁by ▁terror ists ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 1 th , ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Some ▁government ▁officials ▁called ▁for ▁greater ▁political ▁coh es ion ▁and ▁saw ▁the ▁trade ▁negoti ations ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁toward ▁that ▁end . ▁Some ▁officials ▁thought ▁that ▁a ▁new ▁round ▁of ▁mult il ater al ▁trade ▁negoti ations ▁could ▁help ▁a ▁world ▁economy ▁weak ened ▁by ▁re cess ion ▁and ▁terror ism - related ▁uncertainty . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁W TO , ▁the ▁year ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁showed ▁"... the ▁lowest