The Doha development agenda

L Alan Winters interviewed by Romesh Vaitilingam, 11 Jul 2008

Alan Winters (who was recently appointed chief economist at the UK’s Department for International Development) talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the current round of world trade negotiations – the benefits of reaching an agreement; the dangers of failure; the conflicting aspirations of different interest groups; and the relationship between trade liberalisation and poverty reduction in developing countries.

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Topics: Development, Global economy, International trade
Tags: Doha Round, WTO

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Concluding the Doha Round

John Whalley interviewed by Romesh Vaitilingam, 11 Jul 2008

Just ahead of the ‘mini-ministerial’ of the World Trade Organisation, which is intended to conclude the Doha Round, John Whalley talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the prospects for reaching an agreement. He notes the potential conflict between the trade liberalisation agenda and the big global issues that have emerged since the Round was launched in 2001, notably national security and climate change.

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Topics: Environment, Global economy, International trade
Tags: Doha Round, WTO

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The WTO tipping point

Richard Baldwin, 1 July 2008

The World Trade Organisation is losing its place at the centre of the global trading system. Absent reforms, the rules-based architecture of international trade may collapse into a “might makes right” affair.

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Policymakers worldwide are focused on the finishing the Doha trade talks and this is certainly important. The world trade system, however, faces a much larger threat – the erosion of WTO centricity.

Topics: International trade
Tags: trade liberalisation, WTO

Trade Sanctions in WTO Dispute Settlement

18 - 19 July 2008, Geneva

Presentation and discussion of multidisciplinary research on the calculation and design of trade sanctions in WTO dispute settlement procedures. Features sessions on
Damage calculation in context: What is the goal of WTO remedies?
Lessons and questions from a legal perspective
Lessons and questions from an economic perspective
The politics of selecting and implementing trade sanctions – EC and Developing country perspectives
Improvements and new approaches from a legal , an institutional and an economic perspective
An alternative to trade flows: calculating expectation damages
Lessons from investor-state arbitration

Organizer(s):
Joost Pauwelyn & Theresa Carpenter
Type:
Workshop
Location:
Geneva
Attendance:
Open attendance
Contact:
theresa.carpenter@graduateinstitute.ch
Institution:
CTEI, Graduate Institute
More information:
http://graduateinstitute.ch/Jahia/site/ctei

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Topic(s):
International trade
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dispute settlement, trade sanctions, WTO

Multilateralising regionalism: The WTO’s next challenge

Richard Baldwin, 29 February 2008

Trade liberalisation is proceeding everywhere but at the WTO: while nations drag their feet in Geneva, they sign bilateral trade agreements by the dozen. Finishing the ongoing WTO talks is important, but regionalism is the new reality. To maintain its relevance, the WTO must adapt, as regionalism is here to stay.

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The world’s most important trade talks – the Doha Round – appear to be slipping into a coma while key nations play a waiting game. What are they waiting for? Some are waiting to see if Europe commits to unilaterally dismantling the EU’s massively distortionary agricultural policies during its 2008/2009 review.

Topics: International trade
Tags: regionalism, trade, trade agreements, trade liberalisation, WTO

Why WTO agricultural reforms are such a good idea – but such a hard sell

Thomas Hertel, Roman Keeney, L Alan Winters, 22 October 2007

Following their suspension in mid- 2006, and their resuscitation in early 2007, the multilateral trade negotiations of the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda appear once more to be on the brink of collapse. Several reasons have been advanced for their lack of success; high on everyone’s list is the central role of agriculture. We ask why a sector that contributes so little to rich countries’ GDP should be able to sabotage global economy-wide trade talks.

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Following their suspension in mid- 2006, and their resuscitation in early 2007, the multilateral trade negotiations of the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda appear once more to be on the brink of collapse.

Topics: Development, Global economy, International trade, Poverty and income inequality
Tags: Agriculture, Doha, Trade Talks, WTO

Doha's near death experience at Potsdam: why is reciprocal tariff cutting so hard?

Simon J Evenett, 24 June 2007

Many worry that regionalism is undermining the multilateral trading system, but maybe past unilateral trade reform is the root of Doha’s problems.

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The Doha Round came to an impasse last week when four leading trading powers failed to agree terms to liberalise international commerce at their meeting in Potsdam. It is now almost inconceivable that the negotiations can conclude before the next US administration takes office in 2009. Officially the talks aren't dead.

Topics: International trade
Tags: Doha Round, Potsdam, WTO

Asian regionalism: threat to the WTO-based trading system or paper tiger?

Richard Pomfret, 22 June 2007

Since 2000, East Asian countries have signed over 70 trade agreements. Is this ‘noodle bowl’ of regional agreements in the world’s most dynamic economic region a threat to the multilateral global trading system and to other regions’ economic prosperity?

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The GATT/WTO system is based on the principle of nondiscrimination, the unconditional MFN principle enshrined in Article I of the GATT.

Topics: International trade
Tags: Asian trading blocs, China, WTO

The Doha Round: has the unravelling begun?

Simon J Evenett, 17 June 2007

The US, EU, and other leading trading powers have pulled back on their negotiating offers. Either senior trade negotiators are planning an extraordinarily welcome summer surprise or they are positioning themselves for the blame game when the music finally stops.

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It was bad enough when the Doha Round of trade negotiations was deadlocked; now there are dangerous signs that what progress has been made is unravelling. Over the past four weeks the leading trading powers have moved backwards from a number of established positions.

Topics: International trade
Tags: Doha Round, G4, WTO

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