• The crisis has contributed to a slowdown in global trade volumes, with trade virtually stagnant in the twelve months to July 2013. In this context, fruitful negotiations in the World Trade Organisation’s 9th Ministerial Conference in Bali are crucial to sustain the institution’s credibility and prove that multilateral negotiations can still deliver success. • WTO trade talks are the only ongo...

Antidumping reform is critical to a successful completion of the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations and US willingness to engage in such reform is key to this effort. This paper assesses prospects for such reform by analyzing US implementation of Uruguay Round antidumping reform commitments. The results strongly suggest that the US has lived up to only the letter but not the spirit o...

THE ‘Doha Development Agenda’ of November 2001 puts poverty-reducing economic growth at the centre of the WTO’s considerations. If the development focus of the Doha Round is to be a meaningful operating principle, then the overriding task of the round must be to ensure that the liberalisation agreements promote development in poor countries. In practice this means prioritising reforms which yie...

These figures contrast with the World Bank’s widely publicised 2005 estimates of global gains from a ‘likely Doha scenario’ of less than US$100 billion, with just US$16 billion going to developing countries. So, have economists found another US$150-$350 billion in benefits for developing countries that the World Bank missed in 2005? Is development back in the Doha Round? The answer, of course, ...