The expactations that The Doha aggrement would be complet in 2005 is not longer a possibility. If there is to be a continuation of this Aggreement then the deadline must be postponed into the future. A different approch to the organisation of the meetings must be evaluated, in order to shine light on an ever-darkening situation.
Conclusion
What we have learned from our research is that the future of the WTO is very uncertain at the moment. We believe that there are underlying aspects in the WTO that make it very difficult to make progress. One being that there needs to be a general concensus in order to reach a decision.
However instead of playing the blameing game, of who caused the collapse of the meeting. Energy needs to be put into learning form these mistakes and contributing to reaching an agreement. The US and the EU need to show leadership and show that they are giving way. The poor countries need evidence that that they can benefit from a trading system. Otherwise they will be againts any proposal that the US and EU put forward.
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