Policy Coherence for Development and the EU's Negotiating Position in the Doha Round
15 Pages Posted: 1 Jun 2013
Date Written: May 30, 2013
Abstract
At the core of the European Consensus on Development is the eradication of poverty in the context of sustainable development, which includes pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals. Under the Consensus the EU is to take account of the objectives of development cooperation in all policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries (Policy Coherence for Development), and this includes the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This paper examines the contribution which could the made to Policy Coherence for Development by the negotiations for a more development-friendly Agreement on Agriculture in the World Trade Organization. It examines the negotiating position adopted by the European Union (EU) in these negotiations from the launch of the Doha negotiations in 2001 up to the production of the latest Modalities for a new Agreement in December 2008. It also contrasts the approach taken by the EU to reform in the cotton sector within the EU with its position in the negotiations on cotton in the sub-Committee on Cotton. This suggests that the opportunity presented by current reform of the CAP to promote greater Policy Coherence for Development will not be fully realized.
Keywords: Policy Coherence, Development and the EU's Negotiating Position, Doha Round
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