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Does world trade need regulation and, if so, how? Is free trade good for poor countries as well as rich ones? Is the WTO a good thing - or is it inevitably biased towards the richer nations? Should we be looking towards an alternative form of global governance? Is free trade compatible with protecting the environment and respecting workers' rights? Speakers: Martin Wolf, associate editor and chief economics commentator at The Financial Times; Philippe Legrain, former special adviser to the WTO director-general and author of Open World: The Truth about Globalisation; Ann Pettifor, co-founder of Jubilee 2000; and Mark Curtis, Director, World Development Movement. In the chair: Stewart Wallis, who worked for both the World Bank and Oxfam, before becoming Director of the new economics foundation.