NGOS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OPPOSE MIKE MOORE AS CANDIDATE FOR CHAIR OF WTO TRADE NEGOTIATION COMMITTEE

NGOs and social movements attending a post-Doha meeting on the WTO at Brussels on 7-9 December have opposed the possible candidature of WTO director-general as the chairman of the powerful Trade Negotiations Committee that will be established in January to oversee the negotiations mandated by Doha.

In a joint statement, the groups have called Moore the “least suitable” candidate because of his partisan role as D-G in favour of one set of countries against others.

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