The governing general council of the World Trade Organization meets in special session in Geneva to consider its next steps after the failure of this month’s ministerial meeting in Seattle to launch a new round of trade liberalization talks. Already mandated negotiations on agriculture and services are in January, but have no timetable or agenda. Mike Moore, WTO director-general, hopes to reconvene the Seattle meeting as soon as possible but most trade experts expect little before the U.S. presidential election next November.