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Conclude Doha: It Matters!

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dc.contributor.authorHoekman, Bernard
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Will
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:34:47Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:34:47Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe 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. 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% in the EU and 60% in the US. Average farm tariffs that exporters face would fall to 12% (from 14.5%) and the tariffs on exports of manufactures to less than 2.5% (from about 3%). 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.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Trade Review
dc.identifier.issn14747456
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5839
dc.language.isoEN
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dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectTrade Policy
dc.subjectInternational Trade Organizations F130
dc.subjectTrade and Environment F180
dc.subjectAgriculture in International Trade Q170
dc.subjectEnvironment and Development
dc.subjectEnvironment and Trade
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectEnvironmental Accounts and Accounting
dc.subjectEnvironmental Equity
dc.subjectPopulation Growth Q560
dc.titleConclude Doha: It Matters!en
dc.title.alternativeWorld Trade Reviewen
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