I understand their concerns and we are working hard on implementation-related and other issues in Geneva. But dwelling on the perceived injustices of the past does nothing to prevent even greater injustices in future. Many developing country governments are coming round to that view. They increasingly say that the greatest threat to their economies is not globalisation, but marginalization. A new round is the surest way to prevent the further marginalization of LDCs from the world economy and to deal with the problems that they may have with existing WTO agreements and the way the WTO is run.
History is a grim master.
Colonial oppression gave way as freedom marched forward. Then, so many were cursed with that seductive phantom of hope, Marxist economics. That hoax and tragedy was followed by another great tragedy, the cold war. The cold war gave leaders grim leverage that leverage is gone. First there was no shortage of donors, then debts mounted.