BBC NEWS | Business | Rich and poor clash over farm aid
The charity [Action Aid ] claims US trade representative Robert Zoellick attempted to bribe some countries into leaving the G21 with trade incentives.
It said Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala had been offered increased trade quotas if they quit the alliance.
A spokesman for the US delegation said: "This is an outrageous accusation that is groundless."
The G21 was, so far, standing firm and new members were expected to join in the next few days, Action Aid added.
The big question now was whether the alliance could remain united, or whether "the US would pick countries off one by one", a spokeswoman told BBC News Online.
Here is the true battlefield. Here is where the poor will make their stand.
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