'WTO (the World Trade Organization) is trying to impose equality of trade in an unequal world, but for developing countries like Fiji there is no level playing field, just a slippery slope.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The WTO attempts to impose trade equality in an unequal world, which disadvantages developing nations like Fiji.
- In plain terms
- The WTO tries to make trade fair but the world is unequal, so poor countries lose out.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize that formal trade equality does not guarantee fair outcomes for developing economies.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can trade be made fair for all?
- What reforms does the WTO need?
Another view
The critique does not offer alternatives to the WTO framework.
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