Keyword: Doha

Steamrolling the WTO Doha Negotiations

Picture: Curte Carnemark/World Bank Michelle Pressend - Since the last World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial meeting took place in Hong Kong in 2005, the WTO Doha negotiations have remained at an impasse. Attempts to revive negotiations last year during the July 2008 mini Ministerial meeting failed.  In principle what the Doha Declaration agreed to in 2001 was meant to foster ‘development’ in developing countries and address the adverse impact of trade liberalization and deregulation. Since then, Doha negotiations have been...