The European Union and the Wto Doha Round

by Hofmann, Rainer

• ISBN13: 9783832925529
• ISBN10: 383292552X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-31
• Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Co
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Summary

The WTO Doha Round has initiated one of the most difficult agendas in trade deregulation. The opening of substantial agricultural markets and the liberalization of the service sector have shown to be some of the most controversial and sensitive fields in multilateral trade liberalization. The gaps between the different positions of the world trading partners are particularly pronounced. This volume focuses on the agenda of the Doha Round from the perspective of the European Union. Experts from academia, the European Commission, the World Trade Organization, and the World Bank give an account of the agenda of the Doha Round and discuss the contentious interests of the EU and its trading partners. It is argued that the EU has a strong interest in the negotiations of the Doha Round, but faces potentially high adjustment requirements. On the one hand, enterprises in the EU press to gain market access to partner countries in a number of still protected manufacturing products and wish to acc

Table of Contents

Services liberalisation under the GATS : two souls dwelling in governments' breasts?	p. 9
The European Union and the WTO Doha Round : reforming WTO dispute settlement	p. 27
Prospects for the Doha Development Agenda - an EU perspective	p. 49
Agricultural trade liberalization : prospects and consequences for European policies	p. 63
The Doha Development Agenda after the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference : narrowing the gaps in members' negotiating positions	p. 79
Trade facilitation negotiations in the context of the Doha Round - the role of the European Union	p. 119
Transatlantic leadership for concluding the WTO's 'development round'?	p. 139
Agricultural trade liberalization and the developing countries	p. 165
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