When the WTO starts its work for 2009 this week, three items must be at the top of the agenda: debating the selection and mandate of the agency’s Director-General (Pascal Lamy’s current four-year term will expire this August); setting a date for a full Ministerial Conference this year in Geneva; and forging a forward-looking agenda for that meeting.
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January 4, 2009 / financial crisis, imf, trade, world bank, wto
Tags: Deere, developing countries, Director General, Doha Round, financial crisis, Lamy, leadership, sustainable development, trade, wto
