There must be progress in market access for the South, in textiles, clothing, agriculture, tariff peaks and escalation. We are very far from getting rid of trade barriers in industrial countries. In relation to norms, developing countries need more flexibility in the choice of their development policies. Many policies used by developed countries in the past for centuries are either out of reach to developing countries due to their being prohibited in the past Round or there is an attempt to outlaw these policies. We should not agree to decisions to further prohibit more policy choices.
Development is a complex process.
We can't expect all 150 countries to replicate Singapore. There must be different roads to development and therefore we need flexibility. Martin Khor is the Director of Third World Network.