It has been a tough decade for the World Trade Organisation. Six years ago the so-called Doha round of multilateral talks collapsed. An attempt to rescue a largely symbolic fragment from the rubble failed: this year, a deal on “trade facilitation” – streamlining border bureaucracy – was blocked by India and a few allies to make a point on an unrelated issue.
过去10年对世贸组织(WTO)来说是艰难的。6年前,所谓的多哈回合多边贸易谈判谈崩了。人们试图从崩塌后的废墟中挽救出一块在很大程度上只具象征意义的碎片——贸易便利化协议,但这项努力也失败了:今年,印度及其少数盟友为了在一个不相干的问题上表明立场,封杀了这项能简化国家间官僚程序的协议。
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