WTO Chief Lamy urges concerted effort to conclude Doha round

In an exclusive interview, Pascal Lamy says bilateral trade deals could scupper a multilateral deal.

Published November 4, 2009

The past year has been one of the most tumultuous for the global economy. The recession bit fast and deep, and left virtually no country untouched.

Amidst the responses to the crisis was a commitment by world leaders to complete the Doha round of World Trade Organization negotiations, the largest multilateral trade negotiations the world has ever undertaken, by 2010.

It's commonly felt...

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