The Free-Trade Charade

Though nothing has come of the World Trade Organization’s Doha Development Round of global trade negotiations since they were launched almost a dozen years ago, another round of talks is in the works in 2013. But this time the negotiations will not be held on a global, multilateral basis; rather, two huge regional agreements – one transpacific, and the other transatlantic (EU-US) – are to be negotiated. Are the coming talks likely to be more successful?

• Prif ffynhonnell

ESO: Background Information: Governments to give green light for US trade talks http://www.europeansources.info/record/governments-to-give-green-light-for-us-trade-talks/

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