Against the background of the failure of the World Trade Organisation’s September ministerial conference, this article considers the main issues that emerged at Cancún – the Singapore issues, agricultural reform, and the credibility of the multilateral trading system. The authors present a plan of action meant to enable the Doha Development Round to be continued constructively and the credibility of the international trading system to be preserved. Special regard is paid to the role of the EU in repairing the damage.
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