Foreign Affairs

Robert is enjoying his new subscription to Foreign Affairs.  He subscribed precisely because he knows nothing about foreign affairs. 

He found interesting the recent article by Susan Schwab, "After Doha: Why the Negotiations Are Doomed and What We Should Do About It."  Susan Schwab was the U.S. Trade Representative from 2006 to 2009.  Her point is that it is time for the international community to recognize that the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiation, started in 2001, is doomed to failure out of a lack of any meaningful progress.  According to Schwab, "the WTO has served the world well, but it risks losing its relevance as the Doha Round continues to drain its credibility and resources.  Now is the time to liberate would-be trade liberalizers and move on."