The Guardian Just as war is too important to be left to generals, business is too important to be left to chief executives.
Global business needs to be regulated to work in the interests of people, especially poor people.
The British government, together with officials in the World Trade Organisation and business itself, fail to understand this. This is the question that the WTO has been set up to avoid. Regulation of business is not on the agenda of its next major meeting, in November. Neither is it on the British government's agenda. Instead, the government puts its faith in companies adopting voluntary codes of conduct.