Negotiating at the World Trade Organization
Published on 22. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-84929-022-7 (ISBN)
Description
Negotiating at the World Trade Organization provides a unique insider's guide to the issues that have concerned developing country negotiators at that body since its establishment in 1995. Published in the Lessons from the Commonwealth series, it highlights the continuing issues that all delegations are grappling with, from a developing country perspective. It will be invaluable to those arriving in Geneva who need to brief themselves on the continuing story of the WTO negotiations, and those in national capitals in daily touch with their negotiating teams. The author, Vinod Rege, is a former Director at GATT, and was engaged as a consultant to Commonwealth developing countries at the WTO over a ten year period until 2008.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84929-022-7 (9781849290227)
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Person
Vinod Rege is a former Director at GATT, and until 2008 was a Geneva-based Multilateral Trade Adviser on WTO issues, responsible for providing assistance and advice to 24 member countries of the Geneva Group of Commonwealth Developing Countries. He is the author of 'Business Guide to the World Trading System' (1999), 'Influencing and Meeting International Standards: Challenges for developing countries' (2003), and 'Trade Facilitation: A Handbook for Trade Negotiators' (2007).
Content
Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Summary and Author's Concluding Observations Part 1. The WTO rules-based system and the Commonwealth Project 1. What is the WTO and What Does It Do? 2. The Project and the Modalities Adopted Part 2. Assistance provided on subjects in the agenda of the Doha Round 3. The Doha Round of Negotiations 4. Liberalisation of Trade in Agricultural Products 5. Agricultural Commodity Issues 6. Liberalisation of Trade in Non-agricultural Products 7. Liberalisation of Trade in Services 8. The Role of Industrial Policy in Attaining the Development Objectives of the Doha Round 9. Agreement on TRIPS and Public Health 10. Trade Facilitation Annex: Examples of customs fees and charges levied by selected developing countries Part 3. Assistance provided to individual delegations and in the pre-Doha period 11. Assistance Provided to Individual Delegations 12. Main Features of the Assistance Provided in the Pre-Doha Period (1997-2001) Glossary Index