Op-ed: What Obama and Lula Can Do (Portuguese)
In this Op-ed, Director of the Brazil Institute, Paulo Sotero, discusses how a possible conclusion to the Doha Round has been sidelined by the global financial crisis, addresses the subsequent and misguided finger-pointing, and proposes three areas of cooperation for Presidents Lula and Obama: global warming, Africa and Cuba.Read the op-ed in Portuguese
In this Op-ed, Director of the Brazil Institute, Paulo Sotero, discusses how a possible conclusion to the Doha Round has been sidelined by the global financial crisis, addresses the subsequent and misguided finger-pointing , and proposes three areas of cooperation for Presidents Lula and Obama: global warming, Africa and Cuba.
Paulo Sotero-O Estado de S.Paulo, 12/17/2008
"O desinteresse da grande imprensa americana pela decisão da Organização Mundial de Comércio (OMC) de congelar as negociações da Rodada Doha, na semana passada, atesta a perda de espaço do comércio na agenda política dos Estados Unidos, em meio à pior crise econômica que o país vive em mais de 70 anos. O New York Times ignorou as negociações em Genebra. Três dias antes da confirmação do colapso, oficializado na sexta-feira, dia 12, o Wall Street Journal antecipou o desfecho e abandonou o assunto. O Washington Post limitou-se a um breve relato, no sábado, no qual destacou a afirmação do ministro das Relações Exteriores, Celso Amorim, criticando "a falta de flexibilidade" dos EUA."
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