MADAM – Regarding the ivory consultation (ATG No 2312), I despair that sound pragmatic arguments have been overwhelmed by unproven and exaggerated links to the poaching problem.
In any case, China has always had the tools at its disposal to stop almost all of the illegal ivory trade immediately, had it chose to do so.
It looks as though we possessors of old ivory may all pay a heavy price for their failure to do this during the past decade.