That’s why so many of the headlines out of the big World Trade Organization conference this week in the United Arab Emirates — “Meeting Seeks Modest Outcomes”; “Slim Hopes for Breakthrough” — convey low expectations.
Nevertheless, there is something important to celebrate: For over a year now, the diplomats responsible for reforming the W.T.O.
have been trying out a new way of doing business, with remarkable results.
Then they came up with creative ways to achieve those goals and wrote a new set of proposed rules together.
It may sound a lot like common sense, but in the rigid world of international trade, it amounted to a radical change.
Persons:
—, “, ” Bruce Hirsh
Organizations:
World Trade Organization, United, United Arab Emirates, U.S, Mission
Locations:
United Arab