Conclusion: Which policy space in the international trade arena can support development and food security?

In November 2001, seven years after the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and only two months after the deadly terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, trade ministers gathered in Doha, Qatar, to launch a new round of trade negotiations aimed at lowering trade barriers and establishing...

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Main Authors: Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146506
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description In November 2001, seven years after the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and only two months after the deadly terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, trade ministers gathered in Doha, Qatar, to launch a new round of trade negotiations aimed at lowering trade barriers and establishing rules for those barriers remaining in place. The Doha Round was ambitious, both because it proposed to cover an extensive set of topics (agriculture, industry, services, intellectual property, rules, trade facilitation, environment, geographical indications, and so on) and because it included an expanded WTO membership (the number of countries involved in the WTO grew from 128 members at the signing of the Marrakesh Declaration in 1994 to 162 on November 30, 2015; see Chapter 2). Designing an agreement that satisfies so many countries has proven to be an almost impossible challenge, particularly since barriers to trade are unequally high among sectors in these countries (see Chapter 3). The Doha Round was semiofficially
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spelling CGSpace1465062025-11-06T04:19:10Z Conclusion: Which policy space in the international trade arena can support development and food security? Bouët, Antoine Laborde Debucquet, David economic development trade wto agricultural development trade agreements food security In November 2001, seven years after the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and only two months after the deadly terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, trade ministers gathered in Doha, Qatar, to launch a new round of trade negotiations aimed at lowering trade barriers and establishing rules for those barriers remaining in place. The Doha Round was ambitious, both because it proposed to cover an extensive set of topics (agriculture, industry, services, intellectual property, rules, trade facilitation, environment, geographical indications, and so on) and because it included an expanded WTO membership (the number of countries involved in the WTO grew from 128 members at the signing of the Marrakesh Declaration in 1994 to 162 on November 30, 2015; see Chapter 2). Designing an agreement that satisfies so many countries has proven to be an almost impossible challenge, particularly since barriers to trade are unequally high among sectors in these countries (see Chapter 3). The Doha Round was semiofficially 2017 2024-06-21T09:07:18Z 2024-06-21T09:07:18Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146506 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292499 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bouët, Antoine; and Laborde Debucquet, David. 2017. Conclusion: Which policy space in the international trade arena can support development and food security? In Agriculture, development, and the global trading system: 2000– 2015. Chapter 13. Pp 435-446. Bouët, Antoine; and Laborde Debucquet, David (Eds.). Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292499_13.
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