The Doha Round Impasse: A Graphical Account

33 Pages Posted: 10 Dec 2013

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Simon Evenett

University of St. Gallen - Economics Department - SIAW

Date Written: December 2013

Abstract

Several factors potentially responsible for the failure to conclude the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations are analysed. A two-stage negotiation and ratification game between the “North” (industrialised countries) and the “South” (developing countries) is employed and collapses into a single diagram. The choice of negotiating agenda, principles, and currency of the Doha Round interact with domestic political factors in leading WTO members, the fast growth of exports prior to 2007, and pervasive unilateral trade reform to eliminate the “landing zone” for this particular multilateral negotiation. Recent emphasis on differences between developing countries and on Chinese WTO accession as independent causes of the impasse seems misplaced.

Keywords: deadlock, Doha Round, impasse, two-level games, WTO

JEL Classification: F02, F13, F53

Suggested Citation

Evenett, Simon, The Doha Round Impasse: A Graphical Account (December 2013). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9780, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2365835

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