The general secretary of the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF) Neil Kearney said at Doha last week that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) should recognise the social dimension of decisions they make regarding world trade. "Failure to give trade rules a social dimension will boost opposition to globalisation, fuel the growing public rejection of the WTO as the regulator of the world trading system and force workers to embrace protectionism as the only available defence of their rights", he said.

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