3. In the fifty years preceding the Doha ministerial conference, there have been eight rounds of negotiations. After the establishment of the GATT in 1948, there were six rounds of tariff-cutting negotiations. This was followed by the first successful attack on non-tariff barriers in the Tokyo Round negotiations, launched in 1973, and in 1993, by the completion of the Uruguay Round, launched in...

flowing the uruguay round negotiations (1986-1994), the world trade system has evolved. on the basis of agreements of this round, world trade organization (wto) members have been obligated to decrease tariff obstacles, non-tariff restrains and trade supports. the use of trade liberalizing policies (tariff obstacles and non-tariff restrains) by members and observing countries has had significant...

* Ronald Koenig Term Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. A.B., Harvard University; J.D., LL.M. (foreign and international law), Duke University. 1 The World Trade Organization came into existence on January 1, 1995. It was the culmination of over seven years of multilateral trade negotiations known as the Uruguay Round. The Uruguay Round c...

The majority of WTO members are now developing countries. Yet, until the launch of the Doha Development Round, their interests remained on the periphery of multilateral trade negotiations. Because development is at the center of the Doha Round, developing countries must seize the moment to obtain an agreement that promotes their integration into the world economy and provides an opportunity to ...

S is not a new issue in multilateral trade negotiations and was first mentioned in the Tokyo Round of trade talks in the late 1970’s. The item was first placed on the official agenda for negotiations by the USA in the lead-up to the Uruguay Round of trade talks in the 1980’s. However, less developed countries (LDCs) were quick to oppose its inclusion in GATT as they felt they had little to gain...

Antidumping reform is critical to a successful completion of the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations and US willingness to engage in such reform is key to this effort. This paper assesses prospects for such reform by analyzing US implementation of Uruguay Round antidumping reform commitments. The results strongly suggest that the US has lived up to only the letter but not the spirit o...

T his December nations are to begin another round of trade negotiations under the World Trade Organization (WTO). Agricultural issues will again play a prominent role. While it is too early to identify specific issues facing negotiators, at a broad level much of the agenda is known. Mainly these issues reflect perceived deficiencies in the Uruguay Round Agreement. This article identifies those ...