Tony Blair has warned it will be a disaster if World Trade Organization talks in Hong Kong next month fail to reach a deal on fair trade.
He has acknowledged it will not be easy to secure an agreement to open markets to producers from the developing world. Mr Blair was speaking at the Commonwealth summit in Malta, where talks are focusing on trade reform. Pakistan has called for richer nations, such as the US and EU states, to set a timetable to phase out farm subsidies.
For once in recent months (well, months and months and months), I think he's absolutely right on something. See here, too.
