December 12, 2005
Stakes were high as the world's trade negotiators gathered in Hong Kong last week.
Free trade could help 500 million people escape poverty and inject $200 billion annually into the economies of developing countries, according to CGD/IIE trade expert William R. Cline. With the risk of a failed Doha Round of talks hanging over their heads, rich country representatives sought an agreement on opening markets. Generous agriculture protection has been a sticking point, with the US, EU, and Japan unable to strike a deal.
Four new CGD publications help make sense of it all:
- Delivering on the Doha Agenda: Are the Proposed Cuts in EU and US Agricultural Subsidies Real?, by Kimberly Elliott
- Rich Country Tariffs and Subsidies: Let's Do the Numbers, by David Roodman
- Looking for the Devil in the Doha Agricultural Negotiations, by Kimberly Elliott
- Achieving a Grand Bargain in the Doha Round, by William R. Cline
Also:
- Download presentation slides from the CGD event, Beyond Hong Kong: Is the Doha Development Round Doomed?
- Hear Kimberly Elliott discuss the WTO meetings on WAMU's nationally syndicated Kojo Nnamdi Show on December 13, 2005.
- Get 25% off featured CGD books, including Trade Policy and Global Poverty by William R. Cline. Order now: discount available this month only.