@tgemiles @alanbeattie @SimonEvenett Must be his hat talking.
@alanbeattie Well, half fortunate, anyway. “Explicit consensus†(India’s obscure price for the consensus) was the reef that wrecked Cancún.
I’m an optimist out of experience, not temperament. I recall the big room in Doha (2001) when India stuck it out to the next-to-last moment.
@SimonEvenett Still, most will register that the WTO’s first Agreement in 20 years failed to get up. That’s a (probably) fatal result.
@tgemiles Tom, if something more from me wd. help, let me know. Happy to help. Going to bed in an hour or so, however :-)
@SimonEvenett @sdonnan @tgemiles Astonishing thing is that India got what it needed at Bali (4 year ‘get out of gaol’ card).
@SimonEvenett @sdonnan @tgemiles Agree non-members may call the shots on plurilaterals. But WTO qualified majority procedures also relevant.
@sdonnan @tgemiles #TFA’s strongest supporters ar@iccwbo_orgrg. Chair in 2015 will be an Indian,
Sunil Bharti Mittal. Maybe worth a call.
@SimonEvenett @sdonnan @tgemiles “.. going ahead without India means she free rides and seen 2 be rewardedâ€. True. Cooperation is fragile.
@tgemiles India had 1.2% share of world trade in 2010-11. Does it matter if they opt out of #TFA? To world trade? Not so much. To WTO? Yes!
@tgemiles @sdonnan @SimonEvenett … We say it works (especially if subsidy cuts included). But WTO compliance may mean India/China free ride.
@tgemiles @sdonnan @SimonEvenett The 2010 paper I wrote with Andy Stoler on critical mass in an agriculture agreement:http://t.co/7PVfxY0L6G
SimonEvenett @sdonnan … OR China.
@SimonEvenett @sdonnan critical mass is intriguing, potentially valuable e.g. in Ag ( even w/out India of China) but still problematic.
AU public service salaries are well above OECD averages::http://t.co/igxc8gFMHo http://t.co/hwiPFU3yuj
Letter to FT from @icc_wbo Chair. Global business supports the #WTO Trade Facilitation for its development benefits::http://t.co/WjRjwMkKUf
√√ “What the new bank of BRICS is all aboutâ€::http://t.co/SOylfcJuYs
alanbeattie @sdonnan @xtophercook @carlocantore Actually neither is dead and neither is really alive. They are zombie trade deals wandering the earth.
Summers fails Int. Econ:“[Eximbank] subsidies… counter foreign subsidies… to maintain a level global trading systemâ€::http://t.co/pX19L7ASKQ
Study suggests 2014 Farm Bill subsidies mean the end of hopes for #WTO farm policy reforms (in next 4 years)::http://t.co/h6XPoO9L9T
@kw_watson a role here for a private certification authority?
“…For the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race”. Happy birthday Frédéric Bastiat::http://t.co/x27itS9qPF