http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/01/the-wto-in-2009-the-leadership-challenges/ from the Global Economic Governance Programme at the University of Oxford Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:39:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/01/the-wto-in-2009-the-leadership-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-6381 Momentum Builds for Discussion on WTO Reform at WTO Ministerial Conference | the GEG blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:10:37 +0000 http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=144#comment-6381 [...] this will be the organization’s first Ministerial Conference in nearly four years (see my post on this blog in January calling on governments to  regularize bi-annual Ministerial Conferences as mandated in the [...] [...] this will be the organization’s first Ministerial Conference in nearly four years (see my post on this blog in January calling on governments to  regularize bi-annual Ministerial Conferences as mandated in the [...]

]]> http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/01/the-wto-in-2009-the-leadership-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Global Economic Governance Programme Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:00:54 +0000 http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=144#comment-120 A Spanish translation of this post is also now available at http://ictsd.net/i/news/puentes/42658/ A Spanish translation of this post is also now available at http://ictsd.net/i/news/puentes/42658/

]]> http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/01/the-wto-in-2009-the-leadership-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Global Economic Governance Programme Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:32:14 +0000 http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=144#comment-39 A Chinese translation of this post can be found at http://ictsd.net/i/news/chinesenews/40194/ A Chinese translation of this post can be found at http://ictsd.net/i/news/chinesenews/40194/

]]> http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/01/the-wto-in-2009-the-leadership-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-27 DON’T PANIC! » Baustellen der Globalisierung (DE) Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:17:47 +0000 http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=144#comment-27 [...] Hand in Hand gehen? Die Frage ist weitgehend ungelöst, wie sich gerade auch in der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) [...] [...] Hand in Hand gehen? Die Frage ist weitgehend ungelöst, wie sich gerade auch in der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) [...]

]]> http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/01/the-wto-in-2009-the-leadership-challenges/comment-page-1/#comment-4 ICTSD • Lamy Emerges as Lone Contender for Next WTO Chief Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:56:45 +0000 http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/?p=144#comment-4 [...] For the first time in the 14-year history of the WTO, the race for the next leader of the global trade body will be uncontested.   As nominations closed 31 December, current WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy emerged as the sole candidate for the four-year position. Lamy, who has headed the organisation since September 2005, confirmed his intentions to run for a second and final term in early November (see BRIDGES Weekly, 6 November 2008, http://ictsd.net/i/news/bridgesweekly/32641/).   The French national’s first term was dominated by gradual advances, but ultimate stalemate, in the seven-year-old Doha Round of trade talks. At the centre of the collapsed negotiations lies continued disagreement between industrialised and developing nations – a gap that Lamy was unable to bridge.   In a letter to WTO General Council chair Bruce Gosper announcing his intention to seek re-election, Lamy highlighted the successes of, and challenges remaining, for the global trade body following his first term.   “We have seen the Doha negotiations move closer to the finish line; we have seen the Aid For Trade agenda take a prominent place as a necessary complement to trade opening; we have welcomed five new members into the organisation; we have worked to enhance the participation of all members, in particular the poorest, in the activities of the organisation” Lamy wrote. “We have seen all of this and much more but it is undeniable that, today, the tasks ahead of us remain challenging, in particular in view of the current world financial turmoil.    “I stand ready to continue to serve the WTO for a second term and to make a contribution to reinforcing multilateralism and development,” Lamy’s letter concluded.   Some observers have questioned the significance of Lamy’s uncontested bid, saying that it represents a failure of the WTO’s 153 members to submit another candidate.   “The decision by WTO members not to propose contenders to Lamy’s quest for re-election signals, at best, their confidence in Lamy’s continued leadership and, at worst, the perceived lack of viable alternatives,” Carolyn Deere, Resident Scholar at ICTSD and Director of the global trade governance project in the Global Economic Governance Programme at University College, Oxford, commented in a blog (available here: http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/01/the-wto-in-2009-the-leadership-challenges/). [...] [...] For the first time in the 14-year history of the WTO, the race for the next leader of the global trade body will be uncontested.   As nominations closed 31 December, current WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy emerged as the sole candidate for the four-year position. Lamy, who has headed the organisation since September 2005, confirmed his intentions to run for a second and final term in early November (see BRIDGES Weekly, 6 November 2008, http://ictsd.net/i/news/bridgesweekly/32641/).   The French national’s first term was dominated by gradual advances, but ultimate stalemate, in the seven-year-old Doha Round of trade talks. At the centre of the collapsed negotiations lies continued disagreement between industrialised and developing nations – a gap that Lamy was unable to bridge.   In a letter to WTO General Council chair Bruce Gosper announcing his intention to seek re-election, Lamy highlighted the successes of, and challenges remaining, for the global trade body following his first term.   “We have seen the Doha negotiations move closer to the finish line; we have seen the Aid For Trade agenda take a prominent place as a necessary complement to trade opening; we have welcomed five new members into the organisation; we have worked to enhance the participation of all members, in particular the poorest, in the activities of the organisation” Lamy wrote. “We have seen all of this and much more but it is undeniable that, today, the tasks ahead of us remain challenging, in particular in view of the current world financial turmoil.    “I stand ready to continue to serve the WTO for a second term and to make a contribution to reinforcing multilateralism and development,” Lamy’s letter concluded.   Some observers have questioned the significance of Lamy’s uncontested bid, saying that it represents a failure of the WTO’s 153 members to submit another candidate.   “The decision by WTO members not to propose contenders to Lamy’s quest for re-election signals, at best, their confidence in Lamy’s continued leadership and, at worst, the perceived lack of viable alternatives,” Carolyn Deere, Resident Scholar at ICTSD and Director of the global trade governance project in the Global Economic Governance Programme at University College, Oxford, commented in a blog (available here: http://www.globaleconomicgovernance.org/blog/2009/01/the-wto-in-2009-the-leadership-challenges/). 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