Monckton Lecture, Melbourne Feb 1, 2010

Let’s end WTO’s Doha agony

Schubert and the GATT

Positions diverge on Doha negotiations

Luckily, the stock market seems unfussed; it gave up not a jot in response.

Why the Doha Round is failing

The Doha Round fizzer is an embarrassment. The past sixty years of GATT and WTO negotiations have seen a lot of rocky moments but talks have never died. Governments dont't want to damage the brand, so they go on resurrecting their 'determination' in press releases from the G-8 or the G-20. But they've privately calculated the…