The Harbinson Draft 

As part of the timeframe for agricultural negotiations outlined in the Doha negotiations, the chairman of the WTO committee on agricultural negotiations, Ambassador Stewart Harbinson of Hong Kong, produced a document that aimed to bridge the gaps in the negotiation positions of various countries. The Harbinson proposal is not meant to be a final agreement, but is used as a tool to the various parties involved in negotiations to come to an agreement within the specified timeline. The draft was first released in March 2003.

As Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick explained in their statement on the Harbinson Draft, the United States is pleased with some aspects of the proposal and disappointed by others.