Roberto Azevêdo's announcement at the WTO General Council meeting on November 26 was rather grim.  The headlines of the last two days have been somewhat better.  Yesterday, November 28, the news was "LDCs announce breakthrough on key sections of Bali package." 

Today's news was as good if not better.  "A number of WTO members support Azevêdo's efforts to broker a successful outcome on the Bali Package."
Today's quote is an excerpt from Mr. Azevêdo's response to this most recent petition.  Here it is in full:

And this was this was the statement to which the Director-General was responding:

This statement is jointly issued by:

Australia, Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong China, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Korea, The Russian Federation, Switzerland, Uruguay; and the following groups of WTO members:

Brunei Darussalam on behalf of ASEAN
Jamaica on behalf of the ACP
Morocco on behalf of the African group
Solomon Islands on behalf of the LDCs
Egypt on behalf of the Arab Group

We have no idea how this will turn out.  But for many people, Bali is a long way to go, and hope is a better companion than resignation.

GBD will host two events at the next week's WTO Ministerial in Bali:

Bringing Bali Home, a discussion of implementation and expected reactions to the Bali result, at 10 a.m. on December 4 in the NGO Center.  And

Development and National Interests at 3 p.m. on December 5 in the NGO center.  You can find more information on these two sessions at www.gbdinc.org.
When it is all over, GBD will review the results at

After Bali on December 17, 9 - 10:30 a.m. at McDermott Will and Emery, 500 North Capitol Street, in Washington.  Click the After Bali link for details.