Ironing out the kinks in WTO

A frank and lively debate on what’s wrong with the world trade talks, why the WTO conference in Cancun failed, and what should be done has been held in the UN agency, Unctad, at a period when such frankness appears to be difficult or impossible at the WTO itself. 

GENEVA: The impasse at the World Trade Organisation after the failure of its Cancun ministerial talks has provided a little boost to its “sister organisation” a mile down the road, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.