Brains Trust: James Bacchus
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The deeper cause [for the collapse of Doha] is that the few who enjoy trade protection have proved far more politically effective than the majority who stand to gain from liberalisation and often do not realise it. If there is a future for free trade, that will have to change.

Free trade's best defence is the truth, Financial Times, 25 July 2006

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In December, 2003, James Bacchus completed eight years and two terms as one of the seven Members of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. He was a founding Member, and remains the longest-serving Member, of the highest global trade tribunal. He was twice appointed to the Appellate Body by consensus of the Members of the WTO, and was twice elected chairman of the Appellate Body by his six colleagues. Previously, he served as a Member of the Congress of the United States Trade Representative in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Currently, he is the chairman of the global trade practice group of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A., and also a professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School. He is the author of the book “Trade and Freedom,” published in London in 2004.
Publications:
31/05/2010 Forbes James Bacchus Trading Up – Brussels Meeting 10 June 2010 (Readings)
09/03/2010 Breaking the Deadlock at Doha – The Wall Street Journal (News)
03/02/2010 A 21st-Century Trade Agenda – The Deal.Com (Readings)
03/02/2010 Brave New World – The Deal Magazine (Readings)
03/02/2010 Free Trade Should Be Part of the Stimulus Plan – The Wall Street Journal (Readings)
08/09/2009 Climate Change is a Trade Issue, Too – Forbes (News)
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