Last month in Okinawa, the G7 leaders pledged to launch a new round of trade negotiations in the World Trade Organisation (wto) later this year. Too soon, argued The Economist ("The merit of trading quietly", August 12th). Deferring trade talks until late 2001 does make better sense—but the analysis of the problems blocking progress in the wto, and The Economist's policy prescriptions, are less persuasive.
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