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Monitoring International Trade Policy: A New Agenda for Reviving the Doha Round
Monitoring International Trade Policy A New Agenda for Reviving the Doha Round Author:Alan V. Deardorff, Philippa Dee, Christopher Findlay, Patrick A. Messerlin This book presents penetrating insights from some of the world's leading trade policy scholars on the difficulties facing the world trade system in general, and the Doha Round trade negotiations in particular. The long-run trends that WTO members must simply come to grips with before meaningful progress can be made include: * Rounds need to be s... more »horter, and this is likely to be achieved by focusing on core principles such as market access and the wider application of simple rules. * New issues, such as services, are much more complicated than simple trade liberalisation of manufacturing sectors and are likely to require prior domestic changes before trade liberalisation is beneficial. * Successful outcomes for developing countries come not only from trade liberalisation concessions made by the developed world, but also by the develA--oping countries themselves. * PTAs should be viewed with caution, though not seen as a necessarily evil. But if the WTO and its members cannot solve the key issues, there is likely to be much more activity in PTAs and the WTO will be in danger of becoming obA--solete in furthering trade liberalisation.« less