Publications (Filter: Doha Round)
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“Either he’s dead, or my watch has stopped”: The WTO’s Nairobi Ministerial Conference must be Clear About the Future of the Doha Round
By: Stuart HarbinsonAmerican comedian Groucho Marx was no watcher of trade policy. Although dating from the 1930s, a modern-day trade policy cynic or realist (depending...
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After the Bali Agreement: Lessons from the Doha Round for the WTO’s Post-Bali Agenda
By: Fredrik ErixonAt the WTO summit in Bali late last year, trade ministers managed to clear the way for a new trade agreement. This is positive news – and it proves...
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Aid for Trade: Chronicle of a WTO Attempt at Coherence
Developing countries requests for technical and financial assistance in the Doha Round negotiations prompted the WTO to collaborate with donors and...
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The WTO Must Bounce Back
By: Stuart HarbinsonThis policy brief surveys the state of the multilateral trading system, tracing the gradual decline of the Doha Round negotiations and the emergence...
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Analyzing the Disputes on Subsidy and Countervailing Measures Implications for the Current WTO Negotiations
Presently the Doha Round negotiations for ensuring disciplines in the area of subsidies and countervailing measures are going on at the multilateral...
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A Future for the World Trade Organisation?
In ECIPE's Second Jan Tumlir Lecture, Peter Sutherland – the former Director General of the WTO who spearheaded the Uruguay Round of trade...
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The Doha Round: “Death-Defying Agenda” or “Don’t Do it Again”?
By: Stuart HarbinsonAlmost eight years after the launch of the WTO's Doha Round, negotiations remain mired in a swamp of detail, with many participants unwilling or...
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How to Revive Doha with Some Chance of Success
Tags: Doha RoundBy: Roderick AbbottThis Policy Brief concerns the troubled state of the Doha Round. The classical model for a multilateral trade negotiation (as developed from the GATT...
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Sprinting During a Marathon: Why the WTO Ministerial Failed in July 2008
The WTO’s nine day sprint in July 2008 was an attempt to break the logjam on “modalities” for agriculture and NAMA in the marathon Doha Round...
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From Twin Towers to Fawlty Towers – a Story of the Doha Round (mimeo)
By: Fredrik ErixonThe Doha Round has yet again collapsed. The July 2008 attempt to negotiate a broad headline deal between the main member countries of the WTO failed....