Word: barysch
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...question Barroso has been dealt a difficult hand, but many observers criticize him for pitting the Commission against the member states, instead of trying to rally them to a higher cause. "Any Commission President who doesn't have the backing of the large member states is toothless," says Katinka Barysch, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform (cer), a London think tank. "Barroso's been a disappointment." TRADE-OFF Europe is due for withering criticism this week as crucial World Trade Organization (wto) talks get under way in Hong Kong, since Brussels' concessions on farm subsidies and tariffs weren...