One of the most important aspects of EPA negotiations is that the new agreements must be compatible with the agreements that have been made in the WTO. Under WTO rules, trade agreements must be reciprocal and non-discriminatory. The ACP States and Europe, as participating Members in the Uruguay Round of negotiations which brought about the establishment of the WTO Agreement in 1994, agreed to the principle that countries should not discriminate against each other in trade policy. The Doha Development Agenda (DDA) resulting from the Doha Development Round of world trade talks in 2001, requires significant liberalization of agricultural and manufacturing trade throughout the world. The successful conclusion of the DDA will require significant work on the part of all participants to reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade and one of the foreseen results will be to help integrate developing economies more fully and openly with the world trade system. 2008 has seen a stall in the negotiations and reforms necessary to implement the DDA on the part of both the large developed countries and developing countries. The EPAs currently being concluded serve as a current solution to ensuring continued access for ACP countries to the European market as the DDA is in the process of conclusion. The EPAs are one step forward in bringing about non-discriminatory, reciprocal world trade.