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Death-Defying Doha
Just as the World Trade Organisation is organizing an intensive push to complete the Doha round trade talks, the atmosphere among negotiators is as pessimistic as it ever has been.
“Gloom” and “frustration” are just two of the more printable words circulating at the WTO’s headquarters by Lake Geneva.
Trade and Mutually Assured Destruction
Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo has an original view on protectionism.
Instead of promising not to raise barriers to trade (and quietly ignoring their pledges), leaders should hit back hard with all the legal means available at any country trying to use protectionism to shield itself from the crisis at the expense of others.
Jonathan: this is great, but you were welcome to have quoted my paper with its doubts on whether DOHA can ever succeed if WTO continues to follow the same approach as it has up to now. It has been published as a Policy Brief by ECIPE. Are you planning a part two?