Supachai Panitchpakdi
Director General of the World Trade Organization
National Press Club Luncheon Speaker -- Feb. 26, 2004

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Supachai Panitchpakdi

Supachai Panitchpakdi, director general of the World Trade Organization, spoke to the National Press Club about getting stalled global trade talks back on track. A bureaucratic fight dissolved World Trade Organization talks in Cancun, Mexico, in September 2003.

"The sound and fury surrounding the WTO's recent ministerial meeting in Cancun -- let alone Seattle -- underline how challenging managing the WTO can be," Panitchpakdi told the Press Club. "U.S. leadership -- especially in the current Doha trade talks -- is indispensable to the system's success.

Panitchpakdi is the author of several books, including Globalization and Trade in the New Millenium and China and the WTO.

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