Despite the decision of the WTO members to launch a new round of negotiations at their Doha Ministerial in November 2001, developing countries continue to have very real concerns on a number of key issues. The successful completion of the Doha trade round and the realisation of the goals of its Development Agenda represent a major challenge for both the developed and the developing world. The primary aim of this volume is to improve understanding of the issues, the objectives of policy and the options for trade policy reform particularly as they impact on the Asia-Pacific region. A team of authors from developing and developed countries in the Asia-Pacific identify ways in which progress might be made on the key negotiating topics, including market access and related issues in agriculture, non-agriculture merchandise and in trade in services.
1. An overview - options for global trade reform: a view from the Asia-Pacific W. Martin and M. Pangestu; 2. Agriculture and the next round of WTO negotations K. Anderson, Erwidodo, T. Feridhanusetyawan and A. Strutt; 3. Liberalizing trade in manufactures in the next round of WTO negotiations F. A. Alburo; 4. Returning textiles and clothing to GATT disciplines N. Thongpakde and W. Pupphavesa; 5. Approaches to further liberalization of trade in services P. Low and A. Mattoo; 6. Liberalization of air transport services C. Findlay and D. Nikomborirak; 7. Liberalization of maritime transport services: directions and options for Asia C. L. Sien, L. C. Onyirimba and G. S. Akpan; 8. Toward the millennium round: East Asia and international trade in telecommunications services M. J. Abrenica and T. Warren; 9. East Asia and options for the new round of negotiations on investment B. Bora, C. S. Yue, N. Freeman and S. Urata; 10. Competition policy, developing countries and the World Trade Organization K. Vautier, P. Lloyd and I.-W. Tsai; 11. The long and winding road to the government procurement agreement: Koreas accession experience I. Choi; 12. Trade facilitation in the WTO: Singapore to Doha and beyond Y. P. Woo; 13. Trade, the environment and labor: text, institutions and context S. C. Tay
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