Imagine that the world’s trade ministers simply walk away from their forthcoming Hong Kong meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with this simple declaration: “We failed to reach an agreement; we’ll try to do better next time.” This would bring the so-called Doha “Development” Round to an unsuccessful conclusion, but it would be no disaster.
世贸组织香港回合会议即将开始，让我们设想一下如果来自世界各地的贸易部长们离开谈判桌时做出如下声明：“我们这次没能达成协议，我们下次会争取做得更好。”如果真是这样所谓的多哈“发展”回合谈判就会以失败而告终，但这并不是世界末日。