Four principles. Pascal Lamy and his staff in Geneva are busily working on the next phase of the “Doha Round” of the WTO (World Trade Organisation), and for the moment all is silent. Overall, the conclusions of the Hong Kong round of negotiations have been given a rather cool reception, as unsatisfactory and insufficient compromises. This is not my opinion. Certainly, the great leap to radical liberalisation of services, industrial products and agriculture that was so wished for in...