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Thread: Do you think Doha talks will be successful this time?
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[quote=GUEST7273,311399]Among rich nations, domestic politics militate against trade liberalisation. The wealthier emerging nations meanwhile are happier to keep the privileges they have got than see them extended to those lower on the development ladder. Doha has been a story with few heroes; though, in parenthesis, Britain's otherwise beleaguered prime minister, Gordon Brown, was among the small minority. In the event, hopes of a deal this week were scuppered by a stand-off between India and China on one side, the US on the other. The rising powers of Asia wanted a special protection mechanism for their farmers. The US refused. For the NGOs who lined up in the television studios to denounce George W. Bush and all his works, this was a classic case of the world's most powerful nation once again oppressing the poor. A procession of spokespeople for what used to be called aid agencies (do these organisations actually do aid any more?) denounced the Americans.[/quote]
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