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
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9690589/doha-development-agenda-whats-table
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spelling okr-10986-68382021-04-23T14:02:32Z The Doha Development Agenda : What's on the Table? Martin, Will Mattoo, Aaditya 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 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. 2012-06-01T14:28:47Z 2012-06-01T14:28:47Z 2008-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9690589/doha-development-agenda-whats-table http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6838 English Policy Research Working Paper No. 4672 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Martin, Will
Mattoo, Aaditya
The Doha Development Agenda : What's on the Table?
relation Policy Research Working Paper No. 4672
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Martin, Will
Mattoo, Aaditya
author_facet Martin, Will
Mattoo, Aaditya
author_sort Martin, Will
title The Doha Development Agenda : What's on the Table?
title_short The Doha Development Agenda : What's on the Table?
title_full The Doha Development Agenda : What's on the Table?
title_fullStr The Doha Development Agenda : What's on the Table?
title_full_unstemmed The Doha Development Agenda : What's on the Table?
title_sort doha development agenda : what's on the table?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9690589/doha-development-agenda-whats-table
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6838
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