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Behind the scenes at the WTO

the real world of international negotiations
Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Fatoumata, Jawara; Kwa, Aileen
Verfasser*innenangabe: Jawara Fatoumata and aillen Kwa
Jahr: 2003
Verlag: London [u.a.], Zed Books
Mediengruppe: Buch
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The authors show how the WTO really works. Power there rests on three pillars. The first is the economic might of the advanced world and their multinational corporations. The second is their missionary ideology of liberalisation. The third, which is the subject of the book itself, is the power to manipulate the procedures and decision-making processes of the WTO. The book uses the fourth Doha meeting to trace how the so called Quad - the US, EU, Canada and Japan - use backstairs intrigue and 'green room meetings' to get their way. The rest of the world is admitted by invitation only and then faces 'arm twisting and bullying' in 'a game with unequal teams, no rules and no referee'.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Figures, tables and boxes | viii
Acknowledgements | ix
Abbreviations | xi
Chronology |xiii'
Preface, Ajit Singh and Branislav Gosovic | xv
1 The devil you know - am imtirodluctioin to the WTO I
Why the WTO matters 12 The multilateral trading system
before the WTO 15 The Marrakesh Agreement - the birth
of the WTO | 9 WTO bodies and decision-making j 13
Democracy in the WTO 118 The size of the WTO
missions | 21 Key regional groups and alliances within
the WTO 122
2 The battleground - the key issues Sim Doha 25
Industrial tariffs and market access for non-agricultural
products 125 Agriculture 126 The General Agreement on
Trade in Services (GATS) 131 Trade-Related Aspects'of
Intellectual Property Rights (TRJPs) 136 The new issues 139
Implementation issues - addressing the imbalances of the
Uruguay Round 144 Special and Differential Treatment -
a public relations exercise? 146
3 Setting the stage - the pure-Doha mioi-mimisteiriaD
meetings 50
The prelude to Bretton Woods 151 Agendas: who wanted
what in Doha? 153 The prelude to Doha - widening the
circle 156 The Mexico mini-ministerial | 59 From Mexico
to Singapore |62 Singapore 164 The location for the Fourth
Ministerial 165 From Singapore to Doha 167 After
Singapore 167 A rules-based organization? | 72 A balance
of unhappiness'? | 73 Smart Harbinson: the case for the
defence 75 The 'new issues' 176 Conclusion 177
4 A controlled bedlam - the Doha Ministerial 200 D 80
The Bretton Woods Conference 180 Thursday 8 November | 83
Friday 9 November | 88 Saturday 10 November 190 Outside
the conference | 92 Sunday 11 November 193 Monday 12
November | 97 TRIPs and public health 199 Tuesday 13
November 1101 The green room meeting - 13-14
November 1104 The green room - the final hours 1105
Wednesday 14 November - the morning after 1108 The final
hours 1110 Conclusion | 111
5 Look back in airager - post-Doha reflections D14
After Bretton Woods 1114 After Doha 1115 The shadow
of September 11th 1117 Winners and losers: who got
what? | 118 What happened on the 'old' issues? j 122
Delegates' reactions to the Doha process and outcome 1127
The role of India 1131 The resurfacing of the green
room 1133 The 'Like-Minded Group' proposals 1135
The final twist j 138
Appendix: the Like-Grinded Group proposal 143
6 The gentle art of persuasion - arm-twisting and
pay-offs 143
The bullying hierarchy 1149 Tools of the arm-twisting
trade 1150 A 'diplomatic' exchange between two 'friendly'
nations 1159 Country profiles 1160 Conclusion 1181
7 Mike Moore and the WTO Secretariat - wolves im
sheep's clothing - 184
The selection of Moore and Supachai as directors
general 1186 Delegates and Secretariat staff on Moore 1191
The deputy directors general 1196 The Secretariat from
Seattle to Doha J198 Geographical diversity in the Secretariat
staff 1200 Recruitment - an overview of favouritism in the
hiring process 1203 The 'neutrality' of the Secretariat 1204
A case study of 'neutrality' - the WHO /WTO Guide 1211
Conclusion 1215
8 After Doha - business as usual 218
The Trade Negotiations Committee 1218 Another 'exception'
- the Agricultural Committee chairmanship 1227 Miniministerials
and green room meetings 1230 Dr Supachai
Panitchpakdi - WTO's first developing country director
general 1232 Conclusion 1235
9 The Doha development agenda - 'everything but
development' 237
The 'new issues' 1237 Trade and the environment 1244
Industrial tariffs and market access for non-agricultural
products 1245 TRIPs and public health 1246 Agriculture 1257
Services 1260 Implementation issues 1264 Special and
Differential Treatment 1264 Conclusion 1266
10 Conclusion 269
The problems 1271 The official level - tinkering with the
wiring and its limitations 1278 The subterranean level -
arm-twisting and threats 1293 The ideological level - trade,
growth and poverty 1301 Do we need the WTO? 1302
Conclusion 1304 I '
Bibliography 310
Ondex ' 319
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Fatoumata, Jawara; Kwa, Aileen
Verfasser*innenangabe: Jawara Fatoumata and aillen Kwa
Jahr: 2003
Verlag: London [u.a.], Zed Books
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ISBN: 1-84277-310-0
2. ISBN: 1-84277-311-9
Beschreibung: XVII, 329 S.
Schlagwörter: Kritik, Welthandel, Weltwirtschaftsordnung, World Trade Organization, OMC, Organisation Mondiale du Commerce, Organización Mundial de Comercio, WTO, Welthandelsorganisation, World Trade Organisation
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