A disaster to avoid: Recent developments in the WTO Doha Round are not in my mind dramatic in any way. They even have the great merit of having prevented disaster. Pressures from supporters of an unbridled free trade without rules, and opposition from those directly affected, who call for certain safeguards, have been so heartfelt and shouted from the roof tops that there were certain fears that Heads of State and Governments from the main trade powers could have given in to unreasonable...