the WTO or regional trade agreements, especially the EU. However, an increasing number of papers focus on the impacts of …

This paper analyses a number of the challenges confronting developing countries seeking to use the WTO Doha … ‘ownership’ of WTO agreements. …

complainants, and/or over-represented as respondents in the WTO dispute settlement system. Most of this literature has focused on … claims made in each WTO dispute between 1995 and 2006, as well as a rough classification as to whether each specific claim …

The WTO provides extensive flexibility for members to engage with each other. Using this, WTO members should identify a … policies that are not or only partially covered by current WTO rules. Expanding the WTO rulebook, accepting greater reciprocity … and improving the organisation's operation are necessary for revitalising the WTO. …

The disagreements between the old and new trade powers in the WTO on market access issues that have deadlocked the Doha … pursued in the WTO. A re-thinking of that approach is in order. This paper argues for greater effort and new approaches to use … the WTO as a mechanism to help developing countries to reduce the trade and transactions costs that prevent firms and …

At the 9th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Bali it was agreed to develop a work program to conclude the long … WTO takes a “silo approach”, addressing policy areas in isolation. This may reduce the relevance of WTO agreements as the … should be discussed. Greater use of the WTO for deliberation on trade policy matters and learning from the experience of …

The deadlock in the WTO Doha Round has been accompanied by an increased focus on the negotiation of preferential trade … countries, as well as some proposals that would expand the scope to pursue cooperation on regulatory policies in the WTO as …

The Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations has been ongoing for 10 years, and given political … arguably requires greater recognition of the value of trade policy disciplines that will be part of any agreement. The WTO is … leveraging existing WTO bodies to enhance the transparency of nontariff measures, address regulatory concerns that impede …