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About Peter Sutherland

Peter Sutherland is chairman of Goldman Sachs and chairman of the board of BP. A barrister by profession, he was previously Attorney General for Ireland, and European Commissioner for Competition Policy. He was director-general of GATT (the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and its successor, the WTO (World Trade Organisation).

Articles by Peter Sutherland

Monday 12th January

The man who built the WTO: an interview with Peter Sutherland

Peter Sutherland, 12 January 2004
Does international trade help poor people? The man who created the World Trade Organisation, has no doubt: the answer is yes. In a confident interview, Peter Sutherland champions economic integration, welcomes the entry of China, India, Russia and Brazil into the global economy, and claims that the failure of the latest WTO summit at Cancún needn’t be permanent – provided both north and south are committed to multilateralism.
Thursday 8th November

Is globalisation good for the world?

Peter Sutherland and Shirley Williams, 8 November 2001

Can globalisation be equitable? Is world poverty and inequality the result of too much globalisation, or not enough? Is an active role for government now endorsed even by neo-liberals? And in an age of global economic forces, must governance itself become global?

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