A few weeks ago, I conspired with Simon to apply for media accreditation to the WTO's 7th Ministerial Conference taking place in Geneva this week. We thought we would have a blog story in any case: if we were rejected, we could address the WTO's transparency; if we were accepted, we could provide some live blogging from Geneva. The WTO obliged - worldtradelaw.net is now an accredited web publication! - and so I am on my way to Geneva, with the intention of providing blog readers with some impressions from both the Ministerial and the other action taking place in town in parallel, mainly ICTSD's Trade and Development Symposium. The MC has had a rocking start, even though there is little chance that any agreements will be reached, given that the expectations have been lowered to a minimum. Nevertheless, if connectivity allows, I hope to provide you with a glimpse of what is going on (and please take into account that the forecast is for heavy rain and snow!).
T.
