September 19, 2007 - ...world trade talks, the World Trade Organization's lead farm trade negotiator said Wednesday. The negotiator, Crawford Falconer of New Zealand, said Washington made the move contingent on other countries accepting proposed cuts in agricultural tariffs. The U.S. has never said publicly it could accept a cap on payments to American farmers below around $23 billion. B.C. securities chief blames law, not regulators, for enforcement failings