Hon DAMIEN O'CONNOR: Thank you, Mr Speaker. We were disappointed with the failure to make significant progress on agricultural subsidies reform, but WTO members have agreed to continue negotiations on these important issues ahead of the next WTO ministerial meeting, which is expected to be held next year, where New Zealand will continue to push for the removal of harmful agricultural subsidies. The negotiations took place at a time when the world is emerging from a global pandemic, as well as dealing with rising geopolitical tensions, and all 164 countries were pleased that outcomes were achieved, and this does provide a much-needed boost for multilateralism.