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What happened to Doha in Geneva? Re-engineering the WTO's image while missing key opportunities
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posted on 2023-06-08, 19:43 authored by James Scott, Rorden WilkinsonThis article offers an account and analysis of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 7th Ministerial Conference- a meeting that, although successfully concluded, failed to address a series of key issues in the increasingly moribund Doha Round of trade negotiations. We begin with an account of the meeting that offers an insight into the colour of these biennial gatherings. The article then identifies and explores the primary consequences of pursuing an agenda designed not to focus on the core issues in the Doha Round but instead to ensure that the meeting is a success. Here we draw attention to the increasingly problematic nature of the Round's development content, the thorny issue of agricultural liberalization and the problems posed for developing countries when their industrial counterparts pursue trade objectives through regional and bilateral means. In the concluding section, we consider the way forward for both the Doha Round and the WTO as an institution. © 2010 European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes.
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European Journal of Development ResearchISSN
0957-8811Publisher
Palgrave MacmillanExternal DOI
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2Volume
22Page range
141-153Event type
conferenceDepartment affiliated with
- International Relations Publications
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2015-01-26Usage metrics
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