Did WTO's failed Doha round try to do too much?

Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:47pm EDT
 
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Schwab referred to that analogy to say that the architecture of the Doha talks may have caused their breakdown.

"It may be that ... the complexity of the cathedral that was built for the Doha round was its own worst enemy, was its source of demise," she said.

(Editing by Jonathan Lynn and Robert Hart)

 
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