The “all or nothing” criterion is unreasonable. Is it still possible to save the current cycle of world trade negotiations, the Doha Round? Of course it is but on the condition of abandoning oversimplification of the language being used: success or failure, agreement or rupture. It is understandable that negotiators use this language with the goal of wrenching in extremis, the maximum of concessions to their advantage, but it does not correspond to reality and could have dramatic...