Agreeing and Implementing the Doha Round of the WTO

Cambridge University Press, 11/13/2008
EAN 9780521869904, ISBN10: 0521869900

Hardcover, 520 pages, 22.9 x 15.9 x 3.8 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

The Doha Round is the first major trade negotiation round under the WTO since the failure of the Seattle Ministerial in 1999. The Doha discussions and results will have a large impact on the future of international trade law. Leading scholars and practitioners from three continents comment on four such areas in this book. Firstly, poverty eradication, capacity building, and special and differential treatment are required to change for WTO law to be accepted globally; this may lead to a reinterpretation of WTO law. Secondly, the major trade policy concerns, the global concept of competition, and the impacts of trade facilitation and of sustainability of trade liberalization are examined. The third topic is the improvement of the dispute settlement through, for example, a relaxation of tensions between the judicial and diplomatic models. Finally, possible solutions for the balance between free trade, environmental protection and human rights are explored.

Preface John H. Jackson
Introduction Harald Hohmann
1a. We need to look ahead and to rebuild
a deal can still be salvaged from the ashes of Doha Peter Mandelson
1b. The future of the Doha negotiations after the suspension
is all in vain? Chiedu Osakwe
Part I. Development Policy of the WTO
2. Developmental aspects of the Doha Round of negotiations WTO Secretariat
3a. Aspects of development policy in the Doha Round - EC perspective Philippe Duponteil
3b. Assessment of the 6th ministerial Hong Kong Conference from a development perspective Faizel Ismail
4. Capacity building and combating poverty in the WTO Ambassador Lilia R. Bautista
5. Integrating development and S&D into the architecture of the WTO, through the operation of the Dispute Settlement system Asif H. Qureshi
Part II. Trade Policy (Including Competition) and Trade Facilitation
6a. Trade policy objectives in the Doha Round
the EC perspective David O'Sullivan
6b. Trade policy objectives in the final phase of the Doha round Knut Brünjes
7. Further liberalization of trade in chemicals - can the DDA deliver? Reinhard Quick
8. Trade facilitation within the Doha Round
a critical review of recent efforts of the WTO and other international organisations (1996–2006) Harald Hohmann
9. Competition in the Doha Round
ICN accompanied convergence - instead of WTO imposed harmonization - of competition laws Karl M. Meessen
10. The legal principle of integration in the Doha Round
embedding a social order in the global market Paul de Waart
Part III. Reform of the Dispute Settlement
11. Reforming the Dispute Settlement System through practice Eric White
12. Reforming the Dispute Settlement understanding Wolfgang Weiss
13. The WTO Dispute Settlement system
jurisdiction, interpretation and remedies Debra Steger
14. An evaluation of the role of legal aid in International Dispute resolution, with emphasis on the advisory centre on WTO law Petina Gappah
Part IV. Social Rights, Health, and Environment
15. Trade and human rights at work
Next round please? Regulatory and cooperationist approaches in the context of the Doha Round Andreas Blüthner
16. Food safety issues under WTO Agreements Mitsuo Matsushita
17. Trade and the environment
with particular reference to climate change issues Shinya Murase
18. Live with a quiet but uneasy status quo? An evolutionary role the Appellate Body can play in resolution of 'Trade and Environment' disputes Satoru Taira
19. Health, environment and social standards in the Doha Round
comparison of the visions and reforms needed and the results achieved Lutz Strack
20. Some personal conclusions of the 19 chapters Harald Hohmann.