Doha Round Negotiations – Progress During Bali and Nairobi Ministerials

Issues on Agricultural Negotiations in the FTAA and Linkages With the Doha Round

The negotiations on agriculture in the Doha Development Agenda Round: current status and future prospects

The paper briefly discusses developments in the negotiations on agriculture in the WTO Doha Development Agenda Round from January 2000 to September 2005 and identifies the main elements to be considered when speculating on the outcome of the Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong.

Achieving Fairness in the Doha Development Round

The question addressed in this article is how the fairness of the global trading system as embodied in the GATT/WTO is to be assessed. Opinions about what constitutes fairness differ widely, and there is surely no incontrovertible yardstick. But it should be possible to be clearer about the criteria that are appropriate and what they mean in more operational terms. Why fairness is a condition o...

“Ecosystemic Multifunctionality” – A Proposal for Special and Differentiated Treatment for Developing Country Agriculture in the Doha Round of Negotiations

The Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS) is an autonomous research institution established with the financial support of the Government of India. RIS is India’s contribution to the fulfilment of the long-felt need of the developing world for creating a ‘Think Tank’ on global issues in the field of international economic relations and developme...

Multilateralism and the Doha Round: A Stock-Taking

The Doha Round, notwithstanding some recent injection of impetus, has a desultory nowit’s-on-now-it’s-off quality to it. To most this lacklustreness is a frustration. If only it could be brought to conclusion, the world would be so much better off, especially if one is to believe the estimates of the gains from trade liberalization that the Round would deliver (an increase in global welfare of ...