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"… the motion for a resolution is a very interesting document as it is much more honest and hence more pessimistic than many of its predecessors. Not quite as pessimistic, however, as the article published recently in an international journal by former United States chief negotiator Susan Schwab, with a title suggesting that the Doha Round was dead. According to the former chief negotiator, the Doha Round has died because the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was unable to keep pace with the major changes that have taken place in the world over the past 10 years. For example, it has failed to keep pace with changes linked to the growing economic importance of China and Brazil. The author believes that China, Brazil and all the other countries that have hitherto benefited substantially from the WTO should make much greater concessions in order to help the least developed countries.
The WTO has also failed to take account of the changes that have taken place in climate policy in the past 10 years. It is very difficult to envisage any new system of trade regulations that does not address climate protection issues. Despite the increasing scarcity of resources worldwide, the WTO is incapable of taking effective action against countries that restrict access to resource markets by imposing export restrictions. There is another important issue that has been referred to in several of today’s speeches: as the number of starving people grows, food security is also becoming an increasingly important global issue. This, too, needs to be addressed in the WTO context. It may not be possible to conclude the Doha Round, but this does not spell the end of the WTO.
The WTO will not necessarily cease to operate. WTO regulations currently in force will continue to apply. These regulations need to be enforced much more rigorously, as many of those who have benefited on the whole from the WTO are the worst offenders when it comes to violating WTO regulations. Let us now focus on implementing the existing regulations, especially with regard to export restrictions. It is unacceptable that some parties impose export limits, for example on rare earth metals. If it does indeed prove impossible to finalise WTO negotiations and conclude the Doha Round, there are many other options for expanding European Union trade by way of bilateral, balanced reciprocal trade agreements."@en1
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