The global community won’t wait indefinitely for the World...
The global community won’t wait indefinitely for the World Trade Organization to broker multilateral trading system deals, said newly minted WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo Monday in an inaugural address. The foremost current priority is negotiating a successful outcome at the…
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Dec. 9 ministerial meeting in Bali, where “Doha Round” principles must be advanced, he said. Vigilance over protectionism is also of grave concern, and the Dispute Settlement Body remains in significant demand, said Azevêdo. “People only see us as good as our progress on Doha. That is the reality. And the perception in the world is that we have forgotten how to negotiate. The perception is ineffectiveness. The perception is paralysis,” he said (http://bit.ly/1d8kzQx). “Our failure to address this paralysis casts a shadow which goes well beyond the negotiating arm, and it covers every other part of our work. It is essential that we breathe new life into negotiations."