February 2001
Undaunted by the battle in Seattle
In spite of the battle in Seattle and the subsequent inertia that has gripped the World Trade Organization, Supachai says he is looking forward to taking over from Michael Moore as WTO director-general. “I want to be totally immersed in this work,” he says.
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In spite of the battle in Seattle and the subsequent
inertia that has gripped the World Trade Organization, Supachai
says he is looking forward to taking over from Michael Moore as WTO
director-general. It was because he did not want to be distracted
by domestic politics that he had opted not to stand in Thailand's
elections. "I want to be totally immersed in this work," he says.
He admits that all is not well on the world trade scene and
expresses his concern about "all these mobs at international
meetings, against globalization and against all sorts of things
international, I see it back in my own country in reaction to the
crisis. Maybe it is the crisis that has intensified the fears,
maybe it is the globalization process around the world that has
mutually strengthened the fears."
Whatever the reasons, Supachai expresses his...
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