Speaking loudly to drown out the demonstrators outside, World Trade Organisation chief Mike Moore said his enemies were depicting him as one of the most powerful men in the world. But the only way the problems could be solved, he said, was at the WTO negotiating table in a new round of trade talks.
Protest is important.
If you've never marched against something in your life, you'd be a pretty dull old person. What is wrong is when you try to close down meetings, to stop governments and parliaments from doing their job. The poorest people on our planet are the ones that need us most. The rule of law is always needed by the smallest and most vulnerable. Mr Moore said the WTO was changing, and that developing countries now had an effective veto on its decisions.