Poor countries walk away empty handed, again

Civil Society Lobby Groups representatives's 'Our World Is Not For Sale Campaign, From left, Biraj Patnak (India), Justus Mwololo (Kenya) and USA's Deborah James during a press conference saying the World summit, WTO, could put world's poorest inhabitants on corporate chopping block at Kenyatta International Convention on Friday, Dec 18, 2015. PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD.

A trade agreement that allows 200 IT products to be imported duty free has emerged as the biggest deal so far at meeting of commerce ministers that just ended in Nairobi.

This is after the delegates agreed on the timetable to eliminate tariffs on the IT products valued at over $1.3 trillion per year, eliminating fears that more than 15 years of tortuous and expensive global trade talks would end in failure.