Pompous prancing about is embarrassing and counter-productive ASIA EDITION
The second big error is to engage in these bilateral deals in the first place. Mr [Peter Mandelson]'s task is to strengthen the multilateral system and bring the Doha development agenda to a successful conclusion. The objective of the multilateral system, as its name implies, is to be inclusive...
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Published in | The Financial times (London ed.) |
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Format | Newspaper Article |
Language | English |
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London (UK)
The Financial Times Limited
11.12.2006
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Summary: | The second big error is to engage in these bilateral deals in the first place. Mr [Peter Mandelson]'s task is to strengthen the multilateral system and bring the Doha development agenda to a successful conclusion. The objective of the multilateral system, as its name implies, is to be inclusive and its key principle is non- discrimination. Bilateral deals are by definition discriminatory and those that will lose out the most are poor countries and small and medium-sized enterprises. Bilateralism is an unfair Darwinian tactic to marginalise weak countries - so Mr Mandelson is pursuing bilateral deals with India and South Korea. But what about Laos, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the majority of the sub-Saharan economies and so on. Bilateralism |
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ISSN: | 0307-1766 |