WTO and Doha - the latest from Pascal Lamy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYFiGNKjF18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqnr6CmTq7U&feature=related

Trade as a stimulus for recovery

Pascal Lamy from the WTO has given a strong defence of the impact that trade can has as a stimulus for broader global economic recovery.

http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/trade-as-a-stimulus-for-recovery/

10 misunderstandings about the WTO

Is it a dictatorial tool of the rich and powerful? Does it destroy jobs? Does it ignore the concerns of health, the environment and development?
Emphatically no. Criticisms of the WTO are often based on fundamental misunderstandings of the way the WTO works.
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/10mis_e/10m00_e.htm

World Trade Organisation

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/whatis_e.htm

10 benefits of free trade from the WTO

From the money in our pockets and the goods and services that we use, to a more peaceful world — the WTO and the trading system offer a range of benefits, some well-known, others not so obvious.
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/10ben_e/10b00_e.htm