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Last thursday, one of the brains behind the Euro had an interview chief executive of Europe 1 where he gave his opinion on the consequences of inflation, interest rates and the policy of cheap dollar diplomacy , the entire discussion is available on the web site on www.europe1.com

We are living in the age of communication, lobbying, blogging and public relations. These forms of communication are now part of public information campaign for any professional or trade campaigner. Who must master how to communicate with international trade policy makers. And one of the first specialist consulting groups in this sector of public advocacy is www.ideascentre.ch, the mission statement and about us sections are clear enough.

Some trade diplomats and observers doubted the capacity of the world trade organisation when it was created in 1994. And in just one decade of international trade regulations, all the unbelievers in the work of  the regulatory agency have been proved wrong. Now, the likelihood of a U.S. trade complaint and the past records of the international trade group, when it comes to trade affairs regulations will enhance considerably the status and the powers of the international trade policeman.

Source: IHT

Dipak Patel or the art of formulating trade policy with limited resources

Dipak Patel belongs to the new generation of african policy makers in every sense of the word. Because, he is leading the group of under developed countries in their drive to arouse the attention of the wto to the consequences of agricultural subsidies.

As the trade minister of zambia, his country lacked the necessary demographic and economic clouts not to mention online and business information sources to enable him formulate an effective trade policy. And despite all these odds, he is forging ahead to draw the attention of the world to the predicament of the underdeveloped world.

Is the world trade organization a paper tiger?

The answer to this thorny question is no because the world trade organization can be described as the policeman of international trade. Due to the fact that, the multilateral trade watchdog, has at his disposal, policy instruments and instances to enable developing countries bring up cases relevant to the consequences of (sugar, cotton and rice)subsidies against the EU and the US.

The world trade organization also offers trade diplomats, lawyers, development activists and public relations people, the opportunity to elaborate campaigns and influence in no small way, the position of the wto.