On March 13-14, 2003, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade convened an informal meeting of leading observers of international trade and investment to discuss prospects for the Doha Development Agenda. This paper represents a thematic summary of those discussions, which were...

This paper explores the strategy and assumptions that are pushing the Doha Round into dangerously troubled waters, and it assesses the different agendas on the table. It summarizes how we reached the current deadlock, and examines the state of the WTO's legal dispute mechanism. It then...

This paper explains the legal and political dilemmas facing developing countries during the cold war period and contrasts them with the international position today. The first part, covering the period between the Bandung Conference and the adoption of the UN Resolutions on the New International...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Overview -- Abbreviations and Data Notes -- Chapter 1 Global Outlook and the Developing Countries -- Chapter 2 Trade Patterns and Policies: Doha Options to Promote Development -- Chapter 3 Agricultural Policies and Trade -- Chapter 4 Labor...