Pascal Lamy – Director General, World Trade Organisation

As head of the World Trade Organisation for the past eight years, Pascal Lamy has been leading the crusade for global free trade.

The so called Doha round of negotiations designed to spread free trade to the developing world is in limbo. The flagging world economy has prompted a rise in protectionism. Has the march toward trade liberalisation ended in failure?

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