Conclude Doha : It Matters!

Hoekman, Bernard; Martin, Will; Mattoo, Aaditya

dc.creator	Hoekman, Bernard
dc.creator	Martin, Will
dc.creator	Mattoo, Aaditya
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:14:03Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:14:03Z
dc.date	2009-11-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-18T19:38:52Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-18T19:38:52Z
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dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4327
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/249827
dc.description	The Doha Round must be concluded not because it will produce dramatic liberalization but because it will create greater security of market access. Its conclusion would strengthen, symbolically and substantively, the WTO s valuable role in restraining protectionism in the current downturn. What is on the table would constrain the scope for tariff protection in all goods, ban agricultural export subsidies in the industrial countries and sharply reduce the scope for distorting domestic support - by 70 per cent in the EU and 60 per cent in the US. Average farm tariffs that exporters face would fall to 12 per cent (from 14.5 per cent) and the tariffs on exports of manufactures to less than 2.5 per cent (from about 3 per cent). There are also environmental benefits to be captured, in particular disciplining the use of subsidies that encourage over-fishing and lowering tariffs on technologies that can help mitigate global warming. An agreement to facilitate trade by cutting red tape will further expand trade opportunities. Greater market access for the least-developed countries will result from the "duty free and quota free" proposal and their ability to take advantage of new opportunities will be enhanced by the Doha-related "aid for trade" initiative. Finally, concluding Doha would create space for multilateral cooperation on critical policy matters that lie outside the Doha Agenda, most urgently the trade policy implications of climate change mitigation.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5135
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	ADVERSE IMPACTS
dc.subject	AGGREGATE DEMAND
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL EXPORT SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	ANTIDUMPING
dc.subject	ANTIDUMPING ACTIONS
dc.subject	ANTIDUMPING DATABASE
dc.subject	ANTIDUMPING DUTY
dc.subject	APPAREL
dc.subject	AVERAGE TARIFFS
dc.subject	BINDING CONSTRAINT
dc.subject	BORDER PROTECTION
dc.subject	BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	CAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subject	CAPITAL GOODS
dc.subject	CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject	COMMODITY
dc.subject	COMMODITY PRICES
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject	COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	CONCESSIONS
dc.subject	CONSUMERS
dc.subject	COST OF CAPITAL
dc.subject	COST OF FINANCE
dc.subject	CRITICAL MASS
dc.subject	CROP INSURANCE
dc.subject	DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subject	DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
dc.subject	DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
dc.subject	DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM
dc.subject	DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES
dc.subject	DOMESTIC MARKETS
dc.subject	DOMESTIC PRICES
dc.subject	DOMESTIC PRODUCERS
dc.subject	DUMPING
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
dc.subject	ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ORDER
dc.subject	ECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC SITUATION
dc.subject	ELASTICITY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject	EXPANSIONARY POLICIES
dc.subject	EXPORT GROWTH
dc.subject	EXPORT INDUSTRIES
dc.subject	EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject	EXPORT SUPPLY
dc.subject	EXPORT TAXES
dc.subject	EXPORTERS
dc.subject	EXPORTS
dc.subject	EXTERNAL FINANCING
dc.subject	EXTERNAL SHOCKS
dc.subject	EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL CRISES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SECTORS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	FOOD PRICES
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FOREIGN EXCHANGE
dc.subject	FOREIGN MARKETS
dc.subject	FOREIGN SUPPLIERS
dc.subject	FREE ACCESS
dc.subject	FREE TRADE
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GLOBAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	GLOBAL EXPORTS
dc.subject	GLOBAL TRADE
dc.subject	GLOBALIZATION
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	IMPORT BARRIERS
dc.subject	IMPORT COMPETITION
dc.subject	IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject	IMPORTS
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY
dc.subject	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL PRICES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	INVENTORIES
dc.subject	INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
dc.subject	JURISDICTION
dc.subject	LDCS
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MARKET ACCESS
dc.subject	MEASURE OF TRADE
dc.subject	MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MONETARY POLICY
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL DISCIPLINES
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL RULES
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL SYSTEM
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL TRADE
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATION
dc.subject	MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject	MUTUAL RECOGNITION
dc.subject	MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF STANDARDS
dc.subject	NATIONAL MARKETS
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NEGATIVE SPILLOVERS
dc.subject	NEW MARKET
dc.subject	OIL PRICE
dc.subject	OPEN MARKETS
dc.subject	OPEN TRADE REGIME
dc.subject	OPENNESS
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	PREFERENTIAL ACCESS
dc.subject	PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENT
dc.subject	PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	PREFERENTIAL TRADE
dc.subject	PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	PRICE VOLATILITY
dc.subject	PRIVATE CAPITAL
dc.subject	PRIVATE CAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subject	PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	PROTECTIONISM
dc.subject	PROTECTIONIST
dc.subject	PROTECTIONIST MEASURES
dc.subject	PROTECTIONIST PRESSURES
dc.subject	QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject	RATES OF PROTECTION
dc.subject	REAL GDP
dc.subject	REAL INCOME
dc.subject	RECIPROCITY
dc.subject	RED TAPE
dc.subject	REFORM PROGRAM
dc.subject	REGIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	REGIONALISM
dc.subject	REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	REGULATORY REGIMES
dc.subject	REINVESTMENT
dc.subject	RULES OF ORIGIN
dc.subject	SOCIAL COST
dc.subject	SPECIAL SAFEGUARD
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
dc.subject	TARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subject	TARIFF BINDINGS
dc.subject	TARIFF CONCESSIONS
dc.subject	TARIFF EQUIVALENT
dc.subject	TARIFF ESCALATION
dc.subject	TARIFF PROTECTION
dc.subject	TARIFF RATES
dc.subject	TARIFF REDUCTIONS
dc.subject	TARIFF REVENUE
dc.subject	TAX
dc.subject	TAX EXEMPTIONS
dc.subject	TOTAL OUTPUT
dc.subject	TOURISM
dc.subject	TRACK RECORD
dc.subject	TRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subject	TRADE COSTS
dc.subject	TRADE DATA
dc.subject	TRADE EFFECTS
dc.subject	TRADE EXPANSION
dc.subject	TRADE FACILITATION
dc.subject	TRADE FLOWS
dc.subject	TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	TRADE LIBERALIZATION PROCESS
dc.subject	TRADE LOGISTICS
dc.subject	TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject	TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	TRADE PREFERENCES
dc.subject	TRADE REFORMS
dc.subject	TRADE REMEDIES
dc.subject	TRADE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject	TRADE ROUNDS
dc.subject	TRADE VOLUMES
dc.subject	TRANSACTIONS COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject	UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	URUGUAY ROUND
dc.subject	VALUE ADDED
dc.subject	VOLATILITY
dc.subject	WELFARE LOSS
dc.subject	WORLD ECONOMY
dc.subject	WORLD MARKETS
dc.subject	WORLD PRICES
dc.subject	WORLD TRADE
dc.subject	WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	WORLD TRADING SYSTEM
dc.subject	WTO
dc.title	Conclude Doha : It Matters!
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region