Résumés
Abstract
Given the deadlock of the Doha Round, most of the commentators pointed to the risks of this failure. Contrary to this standpoint, the article sees the abandon of negotiations rather as a chance for escape from a system that did not deliver the outcomes needed. What the future shall bring is first a better equilibrium between trade and financial markets and second a just treatment of developing countries’ interests. The article ends with some propositions in that sense.
Résumé
Face à l’échec du cercle Doha, la plupart des commentateurs soulignaient les risques qui en découleraient. Contrairement à cette perception de la situation, l’article envisage cet échec plutôt comme sortie heureuse d’un système qui n’arrivait pas à satisfaire aux besoins de tous ses participants. Ce sur quoi il faut désormais mettre l’accent, c’est premièrement l’élaboration d’un meilleur équilibre entre le commerce et les marchés financiers et deuxièmement une juste appréciation des intérêts des pays développés d‘une part et de ceux des pays en développement d’autre part. L’article se termine avec plusieurs propositions allant dans cette direction.
Zusammenfassung
Angesichts des Stillstands der Doha-Runde haben die meisten Kommentatoren auf die Gefahren eines Scheiterns der Verhandlungen hingewiesen. Im Gegensatz dazu wird in dem vorliegenden Aufsatz die Auffassung vertreten, dass hierin eine Chance zur Überwindung eines Systems liegt, das nicht die erforderlichen Lösungen lieferte. Was dringend benötigt wird ist zum einen eine bessere Balance zwischen Handel und Finanzmärkten, zum anderen eine faire Berücksichtigung der Interessen von Entwicklungsländern. Das Ende des Aufsatzes entwickelt einige in diese Richtung gehende Vorschläge.
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