Doha Round failure: This is the way the round ends…

Joseph Francois, 1 August 2008

The WTO talks were as much a distraction as an opportunity. The agenda was aimed at a world that no longer exists. Negotiations of some form should and will resume: the questions are "where?" and "between whom?" Success will require a different game, with different rules and different players. This column considers the options.

Trade negotiators in Geneva have finally admitted the obvious and given up on their efforts to negotiate a new WTO trade agreement. As a result, the Doha Round of trade negotiations has been allowed to collapse. Next comes the blame game, with finger pointing across the Atlantic and across the rich-poor-countries trench.

Topics: International trade
Tags: China, Commodity prices, Doha Round, food prices, MFN, plurilateral agreements, regional agreements, South-South liberalization, WTO

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