process of adjustment and economic change, many issues are likely to become highly political disputes over how the costs and benefits of change should be shared, domestically or internationally. 6. in its recommendations, the Committee focused on four urgent issues: the risk of disintegration of the trading system; instability and uncertainty in the international monetary and financial system, debt and development finance, and the crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa. This primary focus on multilateral economic co-operation should not be taken as lack of concern for the appropriateness of national policies, whether in developing countries or in the industrialized world. In many developing countries there can be little prospect of future development unless there is major domestic policy reform complementing a more supportive international environment. * * * 7. The Committee agreed that the danger of escalating trade protectionism and discrimination cannot be over-emphasized. -1- 8. The Committee endorsed a number of the major recommendations of the Leutwiler report to GATT entitled Trade Policies for a Better Future. 1/ It supports the proposal for the launching of a new round of GATT negotiations; underlined the report's recognition of the link between trade issues and current global macro-economic and financial problems and endorsed the call for parallel efforts to resolve them. Expansion of trade in services, and the exploration of whether multilateral rules can be appropriately devised for this sector could also be elements in the agenda. Success of a new round depends on the participation of developing countries, which should have assurances that the unfinished business of earlier agreements would first be carried forward and that their interests would be a major concern in a new round. The Committee also endorsed the recommendation that a permanent ministerial-level body should be created as part of GATT. * * * 
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the issues related to international trade, economic cooperation, and global economic policies. It mentions the need for multilateral economic cooperation, the risk of disintegration of the trading system, and the danger of escalating trade protectionism and discrimination. The text also discusses the importance of developing countries' participation in international trade agreements and the need for a permanent ministerial-level body to oversee GATT. These themes suggest that the text is more relevant to the field of international trade and economic cooperation.

**Category**
International trade