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Is it a dictatorial tool of the rich and powerful? Does it destroy jobs? Does it ignore the concerns of health, the environment and development? Emphatically no . Criticisms of the WTO are often based on fundamental misunderstandings of the way the WTO works.

The WTO has been the focus of much of the campaigning against globalisation. Mike Moore and John Madelely put forward their contrasting views on the organisation's role in advancing development and the possibility of a new trade round, while Adrian Wood argues the case for a development round.