I therefore believe that the gleam in the father’s eye, in this case, went beyond the WTO; I see the coalition as an expression of the larger emerging countries’ desire to make their mark in international debates. They did not manage in the UN in the debate on Iraq but at Cancún, on trade, they were able to do so.
Le père politique du G21 avait donc probablement des horizons plus vastes que ceux de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce. Il y a eu, je crois, dans cette coalition, l’expression de la volonté des grands pays émergents de s’affirmer davantage dans les débats internationaux.
