The following is excerpted from a 4 November 2011 news item by the World Trade Organization.
Deputy Director-General Valentine Rugwabiza, in a speech at the University of Hong Kong on 4 November 2011, warned that “to turn to protectionist trade measures in the current circumstances would be a huge mistake triggering a game of lowest common denominator where the loser will ultimately be global growth”. She added that the influence of Hong Kong, China in the WTO “comes from the fact that she leads by example”.
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