International Telecom

摘要

The global community won't wait indefinitely for the World Trade Organization to broker multilateralntrading system deals, said newly minted WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo Monday in an inauguralnaddress. The foremost current priority is negotiating a successful outcome at the Dec. 9 ministerialnmeeting in Bali, where “Doha Round” principles must be advanced, he said. Vigilance over protectionismnis also of grave concern, and the Dispute Settlement Body remains in significant demand, said Azevêdo.n“People only see us as good as our progress on Doha. That is the reality. And the perception in the worldnis that we have forgotten how to negotiate. The perception is ineffectiveness. The perception is paralysis,”nhe said (http://bit.ly/1d8kzQx). “Our failure to address this paralysis casts a shadow which goes wellnbeyond the negotiating arm, and it covers every other part of our work. It is essential that we breathe newnlife into negotiations.”