The Doha Development Agenda : What's on the Table?

The outlines of a potential agreement, emerging after seven years of negotiations, imply that Doha offers three key benefits: reduced uncertainty of market access in goods and services; improved market access in agriculture and manufacturing; and t...

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Main Authors:	Martin, Will, Mattoo, Aaditya
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSENCE OF TARIFF ABSOLUTE VALUE ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE MEASURE OF SUPPORT AGREEMENT ON TRADE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EXPORT AGRICULTURAL EXPORT SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TARIFF AGRICULTURAL TARIFFS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE APPLIED TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BLUE BOX BLUE BOX SUPPORT BORDER MEASURES BORDER TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING COMMERCIAL POLICY COTTON CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUTTING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC LAW DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC POLICY EXPENDITURES EXPORT EXPORT COMPETITION EXPORT INTEREST EXPORT REGULATIONS EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORT SUBSIDY EXPORTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN SUPPLIERS FREE ACCESS FREE MARKET ACCESS GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES GLOBAL TRADE GRACE PERIOD HIGH TARIFFS IMPORT DUTIES IMPORT PRICES IMPORT TARIFF INCOME TAX INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING MARITIME SHIPPING MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET ACCESS MARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES MOBILIZATION MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS NATIONAL TREATMENT NATIONAL TREATMENT RESTRICTIONS NON-TARIFF BARRIERS OPENNESS POLICY RESPONSE PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS PRICE OF IMPORTS PRICE PROJECTIONS PRIVATE BANKS PROTECTIONISM REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REDUCTIONS IN TARIFFS RETURN RULE OF LAW RULES OF ORIGIN SPECIAL PROVISIONS SPECIAL SAFEGUARD SUGAR TARIFF BARRIER TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF BINDINGS TARIFF CHANGES TARIFF CLASSIFICATION TARIFF ELIMINATION TARIFF ESCALATION TARIFF LEVEL TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF LINES TARIFF PREFERENCES TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF REVENUES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADE DISTORTING TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY REFORMS TRADE PROBLEMS TRADE REFORM TRADE REGULATIONS TRADE RULES TRADING TRADING PARTNERS TRADING SYSTEM TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TRUST FUND UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION VALUATION VOLUME WORLD MARKET PRICES WORLD MARKETS WORLD PRICES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ZERO TARIFFS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9690589/doha-development-agenda-whats-table http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6838

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Summary:	The outlines of a potential agreement, emerging after seven years of negotiations, imply that Doha offers three key benefits: reduced uncertainty of market access in goods and services; improved market access in agriculture and manufacturing; and the mobilization of resources to deal with the trade problems of least developed countries. WTO Members have offered to make large reductions in legally bound levels of protection in goods and services. The reductions in currently applied levels of protection are smaller. For the least developed countries, the proposed "duty free and quota free" access will only add significantly to their access under existing preferential access arrangements if industrial and developing country members include vital tariff lines. The initiatives on trade facilitation and aid for trade can play a valuable catalytic role in promoting reform and mobilizing assistance, but substantial effort is still needed to translate notional benefits into actual gain.

The Doha Development Agenda : What's on the Table?

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