The WTO after Hong Kong: Progress in, and Prospects for, the Doha Development Agenda [Hardcover]

After the World Trade Organizations (WTO) critical December 2005 Hong Kong ministerial meeting, negotiations to implement the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) broke down completely in the summer of 2006. This book offers a detailed and critical evaluation of how and why the negotiations arrived at this point and what the future holds for the WTO.

It brings together leading scholars in the field of trade from across the social sciences who address the key issues at stake, the principal players in the negotiations, the role of fairness and legitimacy in the Doha Round, and the prospects for the DDAs conclusion.

The WTO after Hong Kong is the most comprehensive account of the current state of the World Trade Organization and will be of enormous interest to students of trade politics, international organizations, development and international political economy.

Setting the Scene  1. The WTO after Hong Kong: Setting the Scene for Understanding the Round Rorden Wilkinson and Donna Lee  2. Trade, Development and the Doha Development Agenda Sylvia Ostry  Key Issues  3. WTO Agriculture Negotiations and the Global South Jennifer Clapp  4. Intellectual Property and the Doha Development Agenda Susan Sell  5. Services, Economic Development and the Doha Round Bernard Hoekman and Aaditya Mattoo  Principal Players  6. How the Poor Pay for the US Trade Deficit and Why it Matters for the DDA James Scott  7. Negotiating with Diminished Expectations: The EU and the Doha Development Round Alasdair R. Young  8. The Cotton Club: The Africa Group in the Doha Development Agenda Dolg