Oxfam stages unusual protest at Doha talks

Richard Newton, Geneva International aid agency, Oxfam International, has called on the major role players at the Doha talks to stop gambling with the livelihoods of the poor. Staging a somewhat unusual protest in Geneva today, Oxfam said the developed world must deliver on its original commitment to put development ahead of self-interest. The protest comprised people playing the roles of the major players at Doha around a casino table with subsidies, market access and billions of dollars as bargaining chips. Oxfam says it is concerned that people have lost sight of the original developmental focus of the Doha round. Oxfam International's Amy Barry says the organisation is concerned that the world's poorer countries have been sidelined as the European Union, the United States, Brazil, India and the World Trade Organisation... [read full story]