Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: That agreement, which would emerge from the current Doha Round of negotiations, would probably not take effect until 2008 under the best of circumstances, trade analysts said. The European Union has refused to agree to a date by which export subsidies would be abolished on grounds that the United States has not made an equivalent commitment on its export credits and food aid program, which the EU sees as trade distorting.

refused