November 11, 2001:

After the failure of its ealier meeting in Seattle in 1999, the World Trade Organization met in Doha, Qatar, far away from the "alter globalization" crowd. EU and US have declared that the new trade round will focus on the interests of the poorest countries, but they are still reluctant to open their heavily protected agriculture and textiles markets, which are the most important exports of the developing countries. The South can claim a little victory: it was decided that drug patent rules can be overidden to protect public health and to buy cheap generic drugs..