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Article: Trade liberalization u time to move past the rhetoric.
- Article from:
- The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2009
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Byline: Esther Busser
Summary:
It is time to move beyond the rhetoric around trade liberalization. But the rhetoric over the past 20 to 30 years has been and remains that trade liberalization is good for development. That is the rhetoric that has to be changed. Trade liberalization can be good for development but this depends on a whole range of factors, factors that are usually ignored in trade negotiations.
First person byAa Esther Busser
It is time to move beyond the rhetoric around trade liberalization. But the rhetoric over the past 20 to 30 years has been and remains that trade liberalization is good for development. That is the rhetoric ...