A World Without Walls

Mike Moore's reflection on his time as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation is an important addition to the great globalisation debate.

Moore explains how a boy who left school at fifteen to work in a slaughterhouse came to head an organisation charged with bringing rules and order to the world's trading system. He explains the thinking behind his reforms which helped the WTO move on from the debacle of Seattle to the successful Doha meeting and offers a robust and passionate defence of the principles of free trade.

Mike Moore, a former Prime Minister of New Zealand, has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in politics. As Minister of Overseas Trade and Marketing, he led trade missions to Australia, Japan, China, India, Pakistan and Turkey. Subsequently he has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and, until August, 2002, as Director General of the World Trade Organisation.

Moore has long been an active participant in international discussions on trade liberalisation and has received numerous awards, including the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal and New Zealand's highest honour, the Order of New Zealand. He lives in Geneva.

About the Author

Mike Moore, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 1999-2002, is a former New Zealand Prime Minister, Trade Minister, Foreign Minister and Deputy Finance Minister. He is also the author of A Brief History of the Future, Children of the Poor, Fighting for New Zealand and The Added Value Economy , amongst other books.