Moreover, the failure of the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) Conference in Seattle has compromised the launching of what was supposed to be the development cycle that was finally to make it possible to attain the benefits of the much-touted trade liberalization.
Qui plus est, l'échec de la récente Conférence de l'OMC à Seattle a compromis le lancement de ce qui devait être le cycle du développement, qui aurait permis de recueillir enfin les bénéfices tant miroités de la libéralisation du commerce.