Difficult balancing act for Pascal Lamy: In light of the remarks formulated in this section on 30 June on EU/Mercosur negotiations and the "Doha round" of the WTO (of which we too often forget that the official name is "development round"), Pascal Lamy finds himself in a strange situation. He is strongly supporting multilateralism in the management of world affairs and believes that the EU has to set a good example, notably in rigorously respecting the rules of the WTO. He also considers...