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A Round By Any Other Name: The WTO Agenda After Doha
Author(s) -
Laird Sam
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/1467-7679.00156
Subject(s) - negotiation , international trade , competition (biology) , work (physics) , multilateral trade negotiations , international economics , business , world trade , investment (military) , intellectual property , developing country , agriculture , political science , economics , economic growth , law , geography , politics , mechanical engineering , ecology , archaeology , biology , engineering
The WTO agenda decided at Doha in November 2001 has all the hallmarks of a new trade round, although the word ‘round’ has been carefully avoided. To the already mandated negotiations on agriculture and services, Doha added negotiations on industrial products and the environment as well as reviews of the operation of WTO rules in several areas. Negotiations are also to begin on the highly contentious areas of investment and competition policy. Developing countries have been reluctant to contemplate such wider commitments, arguing that much still remains to be done on implementation of the Uruguay Round, and in this they received a degree of satisfaction. In the work ahead, however, much needs to be done to take account of their needs.