Avoiding the backlash against the new investors
Neelie Kroes, Commissioner, European Community, Brussels began this session by disputing the ‘Doha is dead’ notion. “We are still negotiating, never give up before the final phase,” she said. All the important players need to be pushed to be more flexible, Kroes added. "We badly need a positive result to the Doha Round. It’s not too late."
Khalid Abdulla-Janahi, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Shamil Bank of Bahrain, Switzerland, talked about the gap between rhetoric and reality: "There is a lot of big talk about ‘come and invest in a developing market, but once you come in, God help you in terms of protectionism”. |
