RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2006 · 329 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesDevelopment StudiesEconomicsDevelopment EconomicsEconomic DevelopmentInternational TradeComparative AdvantageDevelopment CooperationGlobal Political EconomyTrade GovernanceTrade LiberalizationTrade RegulationTrade Creation EffectsTrade GainsTrade Justice
No one, not even the representatives of the United States, challenged the charges that we made against the gross inequities of the previous rounds, or even the inequities of some of the proposals then under discussion. But the trade ministers say in private, "What are we to do? Our congresses and parliaments have tied our hands. We live in democracies, and that is part of the price one has to pay for democracy."