"I think we have to reaffirm unambiguously that open markets and rules-based trade are the best engine we know of to lift living standards, reduce environmental destruction and build shared prosperity." Bill Clinton went to the World Economic Forum in Davos to make this declaration. The great pity is that the US president has done so little since completion of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations to promote the cause of liberalisation....more

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Dealmakers seek piste of the action in Davos ...  Feb 3

IMF
Lobbying places German in pole position  Feb 1

KELLAWAY
The big cheese and wine party  Jan 31

MOBILE CHALLENGE
The next generation  Jan 30

DAVOS WOMAN
Stereotype is wearing thin  Jan 30

HEALTH
Occupational hazards of power  Jan 30

EDITORIAL COMMENT
Davos.com  Jan 30

BRAINSTORM
That's snowbiz  Jan 29

PETER MARTIN
The six webs in our future  Jan 28

PETER MARTIN
The e-ideas business  Jan 27

LIONEL BARBER
An American invasion?  Jan 27

EDITORIAL COMMENT
Mahathir Mohamed  Jan 27

DAVID BRYER
Oxfam chief on 'Davos man'  Jan 26

LETTERS
Digital age globalisation has caused disillusionment  Jan 27

EDITORIAL COMMENT
Lamy's gamble  Jan 27

PERSONAL VIEW
Contagion, then complacency  Jan 27

MARTIN WOLF
The curse of global inequality  Jan 26

PARTY TIME
Tycoons take to the hills for alpine love-in  Jan 25

OBSERVER
Funny forum  Jan 21

NICHOLAS TIMMINS
World healthcare is a local issue  Jan 3

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