UN Millennium Development Library: Trade in Development (Paperback)

Introduction * Why is trade expansion critical for the Goals? * Developing countries and trade * The World Trade Organization * Doha Development Agenda * Structure of this report * Part I: Market access agenda * Why another Round? * Who pays for protection? * Agriculture * The current protection in OECD countries * Benefits from farm liberalization * Addressing concerns about liberalization * Negotiating issues?strategic view and tactical choices * Services * Existing levels of protection in services trade and investment * Addressing concerns about liberalization * Priorities for liberalization * Nonagricultural merchandise trade * Current levels of protection * Benefits of liberalization * Managing adjustment * Priorities for liberalization * Keeping markets open * Contingent protection * Standards * Preferential market access * Has preferential access conferred the expected benefits? * Has preferential access caused harm? * Preference erosion * Part II: Rules-related issues * What should be the scope of WTO rules? * Is there a link to market access? * Are there domestic benefits to negotiating rules on regulation? * Is there specific value in a WTO agreement? * The Singapore issues * The Singapore issues left out of the Doha Round * Trade facilitation * The TRIPS Agreement * TRIPS and access to medicines * Interpreting the TRIPS regime on geographical indications * Special and differential treatment * Is there a development case for different treatment on 'traditional' trade policy instruments? * Is there a development case for different treatment on regulatory-type rules? * Moving forward on special and differential treatment * Part III: Other systemic issues * Coherence * Policy coherence at the national level * Policy coherence at the international level * Other policy coherence for development * Free trade agreements * Do free trade agreements confer benefits? * Intra-developing country free trade agreements * The Dispute Settlement Understanding * Who uses the system? * Why has developing country participation been limited? * Main conclusions and recommendations * Appendices *