自1996年部长会议提出以来,新加坡议题历时7年而始终未能进入正式谈判程序。在2003年9月的坎昆会议上,这一议题更是最终直接导致了坎昆会议的无果而终,打击了国际社会对多边贸易体系的信心。虽然坎昆部长宣言把问题的解决寄希望于12月的高层会议,但却依然没有取得任何突破。究竟原因何在? Since the 1996 ministerial meeting, the Singapore issue lasted seven years and has not been able to enter the formal negotiation process. At the Cancun Conference in September 2003, this issue eventually led directly to the fruitless outcome of the Cancun Conference, which had cracked down on the international community’s confidence in the MTS. Although the Cancun Ministerial Declaration pinned its hopes on the December high-level meeting, no breakthroughs were made. What is the reason?