Moving Doha Forward is Critical for Global Free Trade
Editorial, Washington Post | June 12, 2008
Surprisingly, it is some of the fastest developing countries such as China and India, that are slowing down the Doha development talks. ++ Protectionism in one country triggers a chain reaction that blocks free trade in several sectors across the globe. ++ The losers are those for whom Doha was conceptualized: farmers and small businesses in slowly developing countries. ++ Opening up the developed world to their products is, however, contingent on broadly accepted free trade agreements, which Doha could deliver at this point.
