The Doha Round of Multilateral Trade

The focus of this book is the ongoing Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations, which is endeavoring to further liberalize trade in goods and services. Trade theory supports the view that elimination of trade barriers benefits both importing and exporting economies, and therefore is a win-win game for all the one hundred and forty-eight members of the World Trade Organization. A successful Doha Round is sure to have far-reaching ramifications for the global economy.

Dilip K. Das has taught in several prestigious business schools in the past, including INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France; Graduate School of Business, University of Sydney, Australia. He has also worked as a consultant to numerous international organizations, including the USAID and the World Bank.

Preface

xi

About the Author

xvii

1 The Doha Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations: Setting and Overture

1

(30)

The multilateral trade regime

1

(2)

The World Trade Organization

1

(2)

Multilateral trade negotiations

3

(1)

Launching a new round of MTNs

4

(2)

Trade and growth: the orthodox view

6

(3)

A global public good perspective

9

(2)

Reforming the global public good provision

11

(1)

From the vantage point of the Doha Round

12

(6)

The Uruguay Round

13

(3)

The Third Ministerial and the Millennium Round

16

(2)

Debacle at the Third Ministerial

18

(10)

Green Room consultations

18

(3)

A structural limitation of the WTO

21

(1)

Agenda in parentheses

22

(2)

Breakdown of the old GATT process

24

(1)

The single undertaking and deepening commitments

25

(1)

Backlash against globalization

25

(3)

The unbalanced harvest of the Uruguay Round

28

(2)

Conclusions and summary

30

(1)

2 Equilibrating the Global Trading System and the Doha Round

31

(23)

The changing emphases of successive MTNs

31

(3)

Rebalancing the country groups

34

(4)

Integrating goods markets

35

(1)

Striking a balance in modalities

36

(2)

Balancing the WTO architecture

38

(3)

Skewing the benefits of the Doha Round

41

(3)

Broad aspects of tariff-slashing modalities

44

(4)

Tariff-slashing modality in the Doha Round

46

(2)

Areas of specific focus for redressing the imbalances

48

(2)

The potential for welfare gains

50

(2)

Conclusions and summary

52

(2)

3 Setback in Cancún: Salvaging the Doha Round

54

(33)

Launching the Fifth Ministerial Conference

54

(2)

The mechanics of failure

56

(3)

High stakes for the developing economies

59

(4)

Participation of developing economies in the Doha Round

63

(1)

Market access for non-agricultural products

64

(2)

Progress since the launch of the Doha Round of MTNs

66

(8)

Causal factors behind the setback in Cancún

74

(3)

Negotiations on the Singapore issues

74

(1)

Negotiations on agriculture

75

(2)

The best thing about failure

77

(7)

Retreat from intransigence

79

(2)

Negotiations around the Derbez Text

81

(1)

Salvaging the Doha Round: the Framework Agreement

81

(3)

Conclusions and summary

84

(3)

4 The Doha Round and the Developing Economies

87

(28)

The multilateral trade regime and the developing economies

87

(3)

A developmental round: abiding by the basic principles

90

(3)

Special and differential treatment

93

(6)

Beneficiaries of special and different treatment

95

(1)

Special and differential treatment in the Doha Round

96

(2)

The July package and the SDT

98

(1)

Hierarchies of beneficiaries and preferential market access

99

(2)

Small developing countries in the Doha Round

101

(3)

MFN-based liberalization: a possible Doha Round innovation

104

(2)

Intra-developing country trade and the Doha Round

106

(2)

Trade in textiles and apparel and the Doha Round

108

(2)

The Doha Round and global poverty alleviation

110

(2)

Conclusions and summary

112

(3)

5 Trade in Services and the Doha Round

115

(28)

Trade in services

115

(4)

Some stylized facts about trade in services

119

(1)

Liberalization of trade in services

119

(7)

The impact of trade liberalization in services

123

(1)

Multilateral liberalization: detrimental or rewarding

124

(2)

Escalating services trade from the developing economies

126

(2)

Accord on trade in services

128

(1)

The Doha Round and services negotiations

129

(4)

Stress-free negotiations

131

(1)

Adopting modalities for the treatment of liberalization measures

132

(1)

Fourth mode: temporary labour mobility for supplying services

133

(7)

The Doha Round and the fourth mode of trade in services

137

(1)

Programmes for labour movements under the fourth mode

138

(2)

Conclusions and summary

140

(3)

6 Trade in Agriculture and the Doha Round

143

(31)

Dimensions of trade in agricultural products

143

(1)

The lingering tradition of excessive protectionism

144

(3)

A distorted and non-transparent trade regime

147

(5)

Measuring OECD financial support

150

(2)

Long-standing irrational French antagonism

152

(1)

The Uruguay Round agreement on agriculture

153

(6)

Dirty tariffication and the illusory decline in agricultural support

154

(2)

The persistence of high tariff regimes after the Uruguay Round

156

(1)

Implementation of the URAA and its impact

157

(2)

Agriculture negotiations in the Doha Round

159

(8)

The complete lack of progress before the Cancún Ministerial

161

(1)

An emerging `framework deal: post-Cancún developments

162

(3)

An agreement for establishing modalities

165

(2)

The potential impact of multilateral liberalization in the Doha Round

167

(5)

Welfare gains from liberalization

168

(2)

Welfare gains for the low-income developing economies

170

(1)

The potential to ameliorate the plight of the rural poor

171

(1)

Conclusions and summary

172

(2)

7 Intellectual Property Rights and the Doha Round

174

(20)

Intellectual property rights

174

(2)

Trade-related aspects of the intellectual property rights agreement

176

(2)

The World Trade Organization and IPRs

178

(1)

Some stylized facts about the TRIPS regime

179

(2)

Development dimension of the IPR regimes

181

(1)

TRIPS in the Doha Round

182

(1)

Technology transfer and the Doha Round

183

(5)

Technology transfer and protection of IPRs

184

(2)

The TRIPS agreement and the lead-up to the Doha Round

186

(1)

Proposed measures for the Doha Round

187

(1)

The Doha Round and public health concerns

188

(6)

The Doha Round and patented essential medicines

189

(1)

Agreement on an implementation procedure

190

(4)

Notes

194

(16)

References

210

(13)

Index

223

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