Showing posts with label doha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label doha. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Aid for Trade: Making it Effective // Chapter 2: The Scope of the Aid for Trade Agenda
- This chapter deals with Traditionally Trade Related Technical Assistance and Capacity Building (TRTA/CB) as it relates to developing trade and economic growth.
- Two categories are made to classify the activities: trade policy and regulations and trade development.
- Adjustment is (as always) a sore point, especially when adjustment costs are tied up in TRTA/CB and infrastructure.
- This paper limits the data to “only ODA targeted towards trade related technical assistance and capacity building, economic infrastructure and building productive capacity”.
Chapter 2
- Two categories are made to classify the activities: trade policy and regulations and trade development.
- Adjustment is (as always) a sore point, especially when adjustment costs are tied up in TRTA/CB and infrastructure.
- This paper limits the data to “only ODA targeted towards trade related technical assistance and capacity building, economic infrastructure and building productive capacity”.
Chapter 2
Aid for Trade: Making it Effective // Chapter 1: The Origins
Main Points from Chapter 1
Uruguay Round was groundbreaking for multilateral trade system for developing nations.
Many policies and agreements have been made by the WTO and between other member states
Aid for Trade should not be a substitute for the benefits that the conclusion of the Doha Development Rounds
Uruguay Round was groundbreaking for multilateral trade system for developing nations.
Many policies and agreements have been made by the WTO and between other member states
Aid for Trade should not be a substitute for the benefits that the conclusion of the Doha Development Rounds
Monday, November 23, 2009
Policy: Closure of the Doha Rounds?
The Doha Development Round is potentially coming to a close with a new working paper “Conclude Doha, It Matters!” . Most of Doha deals with trade regulations and tariffs, but it touched a little on infrastructure too.
“According to the working paper, developing countries will benefit from a Doha deal as a result of reductions in high “peak” tariffs that constrain their exports. They also have much to gain from actions to reduce the costs of moving goods through borders and from taking advantage of the Aid for Trade initiative, which seeks to improve infrastructure, trade institutions and policies to help countries to exploit trade opportunities.” WB Press Release
The Aid for Trade initiative basically promotes policy and financial incentives for improving means for trade (which includes infrastructure). “Conclude Doha” is also a continuation of the World Bank’s series on the global economic crisis and looks to trade and the WTO in order to alleviate some of the pressure. It lobbies hard for multilateral trade agreements, calling regional trade organizations (think the EU) as “imperfect solutions”.
This working paper is pretty interesting and makes some good arguments for trade liberalization and multilateral relationships. The closure of the Doha Round will become more likely as the impacts of the global economic uncertainty come into play.
“According to the working paper, developing countries will benefit from a Doha deal as a result of reductions in high “peak” tariffs that constrain their exports. They also have much to gain from actions to reduce the costs of moving goods through borders and from taking advantage of the Aid for Trade initiative, which seeks to improve infrastructure, trade institutions and policies to help countries to exploit trade opportunities.” WB Press Release
The Aid for Trade initiative basically promotes policy and financial incentives for improving means for trade (which includes infrastructure). “Conclude Doha” is also a continuation of the World Bank’s series on the global economic crisis and looks to trade and the WTO in order to alleviate some of the pressure. It lobbies hard for multilateral trade agreements, calling regional trade organizations (think the EU) as “imperfect solutions”.
This working paper is pretty interesting and makes some good arguments for trade liberalization and multilateral relationships. The closure of the Doha Round will become more likely as the impacts of the global economic uncertainty come into play.
