Download or read book CHINA AND THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHINA AND THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA Chin Leng Lim (University of Hong Kong) and JiangYu Wang (National University of Singapore) Working paper prepared for presentation at the 2009 World Trade Organization Forum, Geneva, 28/09/09 Part of the "BRICS at the Doha Development Round" project of The North-South Institute With the generous support from the German Marshall Fund of the United States 1 IN [...] It has not sought to 3 "rewrite some of the rules of the game in the international arena". [...] When the mini-ministerial collapsed because of sharp divisions between the US, India and China on market access in agricultural products, the US blamed China and India for having "thrown the entire Doha round into the gravest jeopardy of its nearly seven-year 9 life" by "controlling a large group of even poorer nations". [...] Part IV seeks to explain the reasons behind China's ambivalent negotiating stance, and looks at the lessons learnt by China since its accession in the context of China's overall strategy and the current crisis. [...] China's justification was that "in the process of accession the RAMs assumed [an] extensive level of commitments in all WTO areas, distinguishing thereby the group from the rest 25 of the membership".
Download or read book China and the Doha Development Agenda written by C. L. Lim and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to early predictions during its accession, China has not sought to play a leadership role in the Doha Round negotiations, or to rewrite WTO rules in a systemic manner. However, China's role in the negotiations came into prominence during the “mini-ministerial” held in Geneva in July 2008. Now included in the G-7, China came under fire from the United States and the European Union for failing to demonstrate greater leadership. This article seeks to explain the nature of that criticism, and argues that over-reliance on the question of “Chinese leadership” as an explanatory concept could aggravate broader misperceptions about China's position in the Doha Round. According to these misperceptions, China has “broken cover”, and that it has become more “assertive” while becoming more “protectionist”. In other words, there is the view today that China has emerged as a fresh obstacle to the conclusion of the Doha Round talks. This article analyzes that misreading, and argues that an analysis of China's position in the negotiations must be tempered by a more nuanced understanding of certain tensions and mixed positions within China's overall approach. The article seeks to explain China's current position in the goods negotiations, on agriculture and non-agricultural market access, and in the services and rules negotiations. It also tries to explain the complexities of China's alignment with developing country members, and how that is likely to translate into various negotiating positions on specific issues. Finally, the article discusses a range of factors which are likely to play an important, continuing role in shaping China's perception of specific trade issues, and more importantly, its perception of the overall worth of an eventual outcome to the Doha Round. These range from China's reflections on the success of the 2001 accession process, its domestic political constraints, the emergence of a successful FTA programme, and resort to out-of-WTO aid for developing country nations, as well as the potential longer-term impact of the current global economic crisis.
Download or read book CHINA AND THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA Chin Leng Lim University of Hong Kong written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHINA AND THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA CHINA AND THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA Chin Leng Lim (University of Hong Kong) and JiangYu Wang (National University of Singapore) Working paper prepared for presentation at the 2009 World Trade Organization Forum, Geneva, 28/09/09 Part of the "BRICS at the Doha Development Round" project of The North-South Institute With the generous support from the German Ma. [...] This is probably not 16 because agricultural trade is crucial to the economy, but because of the importance of the political stability of the farming population to Chinese society. [...] China's justification was that "in the process of accession the RAMs assumed [an] extensive level of commitments in all WTO areas, distinguishing thereby the group from the rest 25 of the membership". [...] In his statement immediately after the WTO Director-General had announced the failure of the mini-ministerial, PRC Minister of Commerce Chen Deming pointed out that the talks failed "[d]ue to the inability of two countries to bridge the gap between their positions on special safeguard triggering levels", implying that it 62 was not China's fault. [...] China's demands in the agricultural sector must take account of its own farmers, its attempt to have the position of the RAMs taken more seriously, and its need to maintain fidelity with the position of developing country Members.
Download or read book Economic Implications of the Doha Development Agenda for China written by Haiyan Wang and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda on People s Republic of China written by Fan Zhai and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda on China written by Fan Zhai and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors assess the implications of multilateral trade reforms for poverty in China. They do so by combining results from a global modeling exercise with a national CGE model that features disaggregated households in both the rural and urban sectors. They examine two trade reform scenarios: one involving global trade liberalization, and one involving possible Doha Development Agenda reforms. Using the World Bank's $2 a day poverty line, the authors find that multilateral trade reforms do in fact reduce poverty in China. The biggest reductions occur in the rural areas-largely as a result of higher prices for farm products.
Download or read book Impacts Pf the Doha Development Agenda on People s Republic of China written by Fan Zhai and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poverty and the WTO written by Thomas W. Hertel and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty reduction is deemed to be a centerpiece of the Doha Development Agenda currently being negotiated under the auspices of the WTO. Yet there is considerable debate about the poverty impacts of such an agreement. Some are convinced it will increase poverty, while others are equally convinced that it will lead to poverty reduction. This book brings the best scientific methods to bear on this question, taking into account the specific characteristics embodied in the Doha Development Agenda.
Download or read book Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO written by Pitou van Dijck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realization of these gains is far from obvious: the interests of various groups of countries differ greatly and technical complexities have hampered further progress since the very start of the negotiations. Against the background of the agenda of the present trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization and its slow progress, this enlightening book outlines the positions of the main players. Its central focus is to analyze the main effects of these positions and to find a way to complete the Doha Round so a meaningful contribution to its main objective i.e. development, is made. Key issues discussed include: the rise of the G20 group of developing countries led by Brazil, China and India the reasons for the failure of the WTO Ministerial Conference at Cancún in 2003 the prospects for the poorer developing countries - with emphasis on Africa in particular. This timely and topical book enables the reader to monitor and evaluate the ongoing negotiations in the DDA, and is a natural follow-up to the bestselling 2001 Routledge title World Trade Organization Millennium Round edited by Deutsch and Speyer.
Download or read book The WTO after Hong Kong written by Donna Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) critical December 2005 Hong Kong ministerial meeting, negotiations to implement the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) broke down completely in the summer of 2006. This book offers a detailed and critical evaluation of how and why the negotiations arrived at this point and what the future holds for the WTO. It brings together leading scholars in the field of trade from across the social sciences who address the key issues at stake, the principal players in the negotiations, the role of fairness and legitimacy in the Doha Round, and the prospects for the DDA’s conclusion. The WTO after Hong Kong is the most comprehensive account of the current state of the World Trade Organization and will be of enormous interest to students of trade politics, international organizations, development and international political economy.
Download or read book Clash of Powers written by Kristen Hopewell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first analyses of the impact of US-China rivalry on the governance of global trade.
Download or read book Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda written by Kym Anderson and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005-11-16 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing the most complete and up to date analysis of the range of agricultural issues under negotiation in the multilateral trade negotiations underway in the World Trade Organization (WTO), this title is a valuable resource to policymakers, agricultural private sector, and academics in developing and assessing the negotiating options.
Download or read book Breaking the WTO written by Kristen Hopewell and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-03 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world economic order has been upended by the rise of the BRIC nations and the attendant decline of the United States' international influence. In Breaking the WTO, Kristen Hopewell provides a groundbreaking analysis of how these power shifts have played out in one of the most important theaters of global governance: the World Trade Organization. Hopewell argues that the collapse of the Doha Round negotiations in 2008 signals a crisis in the American-led project of neoliberal globalization. Historically, the U.S. has pressured other countries to open their markets while maintaining its own protectionist policies. Over the course of the Doha negotiations, however, China, India, and Brazil challenged America's hypocrisy. They did so not because they rejected the multilateral trading system, but because they embraced neoliberal rhetoric and sought to lay claim to its benefits. By demanding that all members of the WTO live up to the principles of "free trade," these developing states caused the negotiations to collapse under their own contradictions. Breaking the WTO probes the tensions between the WTO's liberal principles and the underlying reality of power politics, exploring what the Doha conflict tells us about the current and coming balance of power in the global economy.
Download or read book Figuring Out the Doha Round written by Gary Clyde Hufbauer and published by Peterson Institute. This book was released on 2010 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Doha Round marked its eighth birthday in November 2009, making it the longest running multilateral trade negotiation in the postwar era. Doha participants continue to disagree about prospective liberalization of agriculture and manufactures and have barely begun to consider reductions in barriers to trade in services. Negotiators have missed every deadline to conclude the talks, leading some to question the viability of the entire venture. After nearly nine years of inconclusive meetings, the trade talks are at a tipping point: A global trade deal is still possible with renewed political commitment to trade reform, but continued drift could result in the first outright failure of a multilateral trade round in the postwar era. This policy analysis shows that the Doha Round can still be successfully concluded with a concerted push by the major trading nations. Contrary to the Doha doomsayers, the potential gains from proposals now on the table are significant, albeit not sufficient to close a deal. The authors estimate the trade gains and GDP gains from a prospective Doha deal that "tops up" existing commitments to liberalize agriculture, manufactures, and services. They also suggest what each of the major trading nations needs to do to ensure the successful completion of a Doha package that is both ambitious and balanced between the interests of developed and developing countries.
Download or read book Rescuing the Doha Development Round written by Suparna Karmakar and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO written by Pitou van Dijck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realization of these gains is far from obvious: the interests of various groups of countries differ greatly and technical complexities have hampered further progress since the very start of the negotiations. Against the background of the agenda of the present trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization and its slow progress, this enlightening book outlines the positions of the main players. Its central focus is to analyze the main effects of these positions and to find a way to complete the Doha Round so a meaningful contribution to its main objective i.e. development, is made. Key issues discussed include: the rise of the G20 group of developing countries led by Brazil, China and India the reasons for the failure of the WTO Ministerial Conference at Cancún in 2003 the prospects for the poorer developing countries - with emphasis on Africa in particular. This timely and topical book enables the reader to monitor and evaluate the ongoing negotiations in the DDA, and is a natural follow-up to the bestselling 2001 Routledge title World Trade Organization Millennium Round edited by Deutsch and Speyer.
Download or read book The WTO Hong Kong Ministerial and the Doha Development Agenda written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-04-27 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WTO Hong Kong ministerial and the Doha development Agenda : Third report of session 2005-06, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
