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The "July framework" negotiations were a departure from traditional North-South trade negotiations and may set patterns for things to come, writes Bello. The trade superpowers learned from the debacle of Cancún, and moved from confrontational strategy to one on co-optation and subtle divide and rule tactics. By bringing the leaders of the G20 into the centre of the negotiations and playing to their specific interests, they managed to sideline the group, thus diluting the strength of the negotiating position of the South. Commenting on the "July Framework", a document issued by the WTO General Council in Geneva at the end of July, Bello says developing country governments should consider that rejection of the July text may no longer suffice. It is time they actively explore or create other trade mechanisms or frameworks to make development and trade complementary, he argues. Activities
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