| Completing the Doha Round: What Progress Since Hong Kong? (2006) | |||||||||||
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| Forthcoming WTO News COMPLETING THE DOHA ROUND WHAT PROGRESS SINCE HONG KONG Simon Evenett www evenett com University Gallen and CEPR February After another year false starts contretemps and lowered expectations senior government officials agreed the WTO Ministerial Conference Hong Kong China complete the Doha Round trade negotiations series deadlines were set largely recognition the expiration the administration authority negotiate trade agreements the middle The first these deadlines was set for April which time modalities for the agricultural and non agricultural negotiations are supposed agreed This short note examines what has happened since the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference and what this means for the likelihood completing the Doha Round For its part the United States has continued publicly call for Europe make further cuts its agricultural tariffs and domestic support programmes Meanwhile officials have insisted that its agricultural offer conditional other countries making more ambitious offers discounting the possibility that the latter would result another more generous offer from the United States Moreover officials continue stress the binding nature the deadline associated with the expiration Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority mid This tough line partly undermined two factors The first that commitment completing the Doha Round appears have wavered January take just one example closed briefing for Washington based trade journalists Ambassador Portman opening r | |||||||||||
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