A Plan for Doha Round Revival
WTO agricultural negotiators met in late March for deeper discussions on trade policy issues for a program of work to be outlined by July 31 that would lead to ...
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Saving Doha
Just as South African politician and human-rights leader Nelson Mandela passed away last week, global trade diplomats finished talks in Bali that could pump $1 ...
WTO Fails to Approve Small Reforms for Ministerial Meeting
WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo announced on November 25 that members had failed to reach consensus on trade facilitation issues, part for a small package ...
Trade Policy Issues for the December WTO Ministerial Meeting
Discussions on major regional trade agreements have overshadowed WTO activity in recent month with the Doha Round of comprehensive trade negotiations shunted as...
The Global Recovery Round of WTO Negotiations
The Doha Round of WTO trade policy negotiations will soon celebrate its twelfth birthday. Optimists will find little to cheer about the round, and the need for...
The Sutherland-Bhagwati Report on the Doha Round WTO Negotiations
When business and political leaders met in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, trade and the Doha Round of trade policy negotiations were part o...
Food Prices and Free Trade
Rising world food prices have been a public policy issue for the past six months and grabbed additional attention when the food price index from the Food and...
U.S. Policies and Revival of the WTO Doha Negotiations
A new calendar year has begun with another call to complete negotiations on the Doha Round of WTO trade policy talks this year or wait until 2013 after the U...
The Doha Talks, Stepping Back to Go Forward
When leaders of the G20 countries met in Canada they agreed to remain committed to the Doha Round of WTO talks, but removed previous language for a deadline for...
Taking Stock of the Doha Stocktaking
When trade ministers of the WTO member countries decided at their ministerial conference in Geneva in December of last year that WTO Director-General Pascal Lam...