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The New Statesman could not have hosted this round-table without the support and involvement of The Co-operative Bank and Christian Aid. They have given the event a sense of urgency that, we hope, comes across in the following pages.

The attendees at this round-table discussed the potential promised by the Doha Development Agenda, a framework for international trade talks agreed at the World Trade Organisation’s fourth ministerial conference held in Doha, Qatar, in late 2001, which gave governments of developed nations a unique opportunity to commit to a plan of action that would better link their trade agenda with development aims.

The planned trade justice mass lobby of Parliament on 2 November will remind our government of what is at stake. The lobby, likely to be the largest of its kind, is organised by Christian Aid and other NGOs and is also supported by The Co-operative Bank. If we want to "Make Poverty History", then one step must surely be to make trade just. Do those involved in the WTO talks have what it takes to deliver?

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