On 10 September 2003, meeting in Cancún, Mexico, for the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Pascal Lamy, European Commissioner for Trade, and Franz Fischler, European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, in the presence of their respective spokesmen, hold a joint press conference in which they assess the implications and outcome of the Summit, which constitutes an intermediary step towards the closing of the Doha (Qatar) trade negotiations for international economic development. From left to right: Gregor Kreuzhuber, Franz Fischler, Pascal Lamy and Maria Gonzalez Laya.