A Future for the World Trade Organisation?

In ECIPE’s Second Jan Tumlir Lecture, Peter Sutherland – the former Director General of the WTO who spearheaded the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations to a successful end – analyses the current state of the Doha Round and the future of the WTO. Sutherland gives a frank account of current problems and says the Doha Round needs to change. He wants clearer leadership from world political leaders – and points to China, a remarkable success story of trade, as a central actor for the future of the WTO that needs to show “visionary generosity”.