Bye, Bye Bali: Trade ministers meeting outside of the World Economic forum all agreed that they need to arrive at an initial package of trade provisions at the ministerial meeting in Bali late this year, but they are far apart in terms of its content. Some developing nations want preferential access provisions, some developing countries do not want to offer them to other nations; some want solutions that are not forthcoming to agriculture problems. The fundamental problem of the Doha round -- turning WTO trade agreements into preferential trade regimes for economic development purposes -- now permeates the race to be the next director general (DG) of the organization.There are arguments from some candidates to be the next DG that the WTO...

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