Was the World Trade Organisation's summit in Cancun a dismal failure or the start of a brave strange world? African Business discusses this issue at longitudinal dimensions in our Cover story this month Here.

Was the World Trade Organisation's summit in Cancun a dismal failure or the start of a brave strange world? African Business discusses this issue at longitudinal dimensions in our Cover story this month Here, editor ANVER VERSI gives the background to the breakdown in talks, describes the functions of the WTO and analyses the implications.

on the same level today, over a month after the World Trade Organisation's Ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico, closeed in bitter recrimination and finger pointing, confusion reigns from one side of to the other exactly what happened and what the implications are.

Western countries, especially the US and the European Union (the EU