The astonishing Julio Lacarte and 60 years of GATT
No one better represents the fun, dedication or optimism of the people who created the multilateral trading system than Ambassador Julio Lacarte Muró. This recent
video interview with him, recalling his particpation in the Havana Conference (1947) that by it’s ‘failure’ gave birth to the GATT, is a reminder that the goals and principles of that long-ago era still shape our world and promise us a better one. They could have no better ambassador than the eternally smooth Julio Lacarte.
I love his remark about Havana having been a ‘lively town’ in 1947. I bet it was: the Conference lasted 4 months!
Posted by pwg on 02/26 at 07:40 PM
