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LAST November marked the start of the tenth yearsince the epic, stamina-sapping Doha round oftrade talks began. It was also when the Germanchancellor, Angela Merkel, and Britains primeminister, David Cameron, joined by the heads ofgovernment of Turkey and Indonesia, asked agroup of experts to work out how on earth to get aDoha deal done. 去年11月标志着自历史性的一刻逐渐消耗耐力的多哈回合贸易谈判开始以来第十个年头的开始。德国总理安格拉?默克尔和英国首相戴维?卡梅伦以及土耳其和印尼政府首脑也在去年11月共同要求一批专家研究出切实达成多哈协议的方法。 Led by Peter Sutherland, a combative former director-general of the World TradeOrganisation and its predecessor body, GATT, and by a trade economist at ColumbiaUniversity, Jagdish Bhagwati, the experts were due to issue a report on January 28th. Thatwill be in the midst of the annual jamboree at Davos in Switzerland, where global bigwigsgather to chew over world affairs. 由世贸组织和其前身关税及贸易总协定的前总裁彼得?萨瑟兰和哥伦比亚大学贸易经济学家贾迪什?巴格瓦蒂带头的专家们将于1月28日发布一份报告。在瑞士的达沃斯年会上，全球的权威人士相聚一堂讨论世界事务，这份报告正好在该年会召开期间发布。 The report could cause a few attendees to choke on their Glhwein. It urges its sponsors,along with the rest of the leaders of the worlds big economies, formally to commit tofinishing the round by the end of the year. It is far from clear how such a deadline could bemade binding, but the idea is as much tactical as practical, and received backing this weekfrom the International Chamber of Commerce. | 
