Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Doha talks have collapsed
The Doha talks collapsed today because the US, China, and India could not reach an agreement on agriculture.
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zzzeitgeist is a blog that seeks to identify, explain, and link the many disparate strands of international politics and economics.
How does China’s internet firewall affect its trade obligations? What's the best way to regulate international credit markets? Do mosquito nets really promote development? How can the international community address climate change without disrupting global commerce?
And, most importantly, why does all of this matter?
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1 comment:
Daniel Ikenson's piece in today's WSJ puts in perspective the Doha debacle, by arguing that unilateral "trade facilitation" efforts have, and can continue to, increase global trade flows more than bilateral/multilateral trade agreements. Such efforts include streamlining the administrative and physical procedures involved in actually moving goods across, and within, borders.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121737397902795037.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
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