The last Nairobi WTO ministerial conference in Nairobi did not reaffirm the original mandate of the 2001 Doha Development Agenda, to the disappointment of some WTO members. It has nonetheless delivered significant results, and shown that the WTO is sill a player in global trade negotiations, argues Stuart Harbinson* in a an exclusive interview with Borderlex’s …
Tag: Doha round
ITA 2 agreement lifts mood in Nairobi
The last-minute conclusion of a free trade pact for information technology goods – the ITA2 – is lifting the mood at the ongoing WTO Ministerial in Nairobi. By Iana Dreyer. (Photo: WTO. During press conference at Nairobi, 16 December 2015). ***
Blog: US & rich country strategy to kill off Doha is risky ….
…. not only your favourite EU trade editor has doubts that killing off the Doha round is a good idea (doubt 1 here, doubt 2 here). International Relations guru Daniel Drezner too: see his post at the Washington Post . Abstracts:
Nairobi WTO ministerial ‘deliverables’ elusive, last-minute business calls for deal
The World Trade Organization’s tenth Ministerial Meeting will be held next week in Nairobi, Kenya. Despite intensive negotiations throughout 2015, ‘deliverables’ in terms of concrete trade deals remain elusive. The WTO’s chief Roberto Azevêdo and a coalition of business groups are getting nervous.
BLOG: Why rich countries better not hasten end of Doha Round
Calls by the US, the EU and other advanced economies to drop the unwieldy Doha Round format of trade talks ahead of the forthcoming Nairobi WTO Ministerial mean they could end up comfortably ducking the agricultural question that has poisoned the atmosphere in the multilateral trade body for twenty years. That could damage their ambitions …
WTO: EU and US do not see alike on finalising Doha ahead of Nairobi Ministerial
The European Union and the United States have crossed swords on a package of measures World Trade Organization members have pledged to adopt as part of efforts to finalise the Doha round of trade talks in the run-up to the trade body’s tenth ministerial conference in Nairobi in December. The disagreements …
In Brief: WTO chief says Doha progress too slow
Blog: 6 take-aways from EU minister’s meeting on trade #Doha #TTIP #Vietnam #Japan #CETA #Russia
Blog: EU’s preferential services offer to least developed economies – devil in details
Last week’s EU initiative to offer preferential access to its services market to the least-developed-economies (LDCs) , mostly sub-Saharan African, which are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), has created a buzz, and clearly is a positive move. Yet whether this is really a good offer for LDCs remains unclear: the sectors up for opening cited so far by …
Comment – The World Trade Organization: an Indian Summer?
[sh_light_text ]With the recent adoption of the Trade Facilitation Agreeement, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has had a few very good weeks. Yet there is still a lot of work ahead to retake lost ground.[/sh_light_text]
