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Developed countries 'kill' Doha Round

By Op Rana

      The Doha Round of talks is supposed to correct the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules that are biased against developing countries -At least, that's what the original idea was.

      But after almost a decade, the talks have gone nowhere. And the blame for that has to be placed on developed countries. It's not that the developed countries have had a joint stand on the issues at stake. As things have unfolded, even the United States seems to be confused - not about what it wants from the Doha Round - but about the negotiations themselves.

      Take US Trade Representative Ron Kirk for example. He told the Associated Press on Thursday that it's too soon to declare the Doha Round "a failure". A Reutersreport on the same day quoted Kirk as saying that setting deadlines for progress in the Doha Round of global free-trade talks "was unhelpful".

      The message is: The world should try to make the Doha Round a success.

      Perhaps that's what the US wants the rest of the world to believe and do. But, for its own benefit, it has another plan. Exactly a week before the AP and Reuters reports,Kirk said, "it is time to look beyond the troubled Doha Round on a global pact", and that nations should seek more limited goals for now. Though he stopped short of declaring the death of the WTO talks, he conceded that a restated commitment to the Doha Round would sound "increasingly hollow". There marks were made at the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)forum in Big Sky, Montana.

      The Doha Round has been caught in a quagmire because the rich countries have refused to concede even an inch of space to the developing countries.

      For almost a decade, the talks have focused on forcing the developing countries to open their markets further, while the advanced economies continue to carry on business as usual - subsidizing their agriculture and other sectors, setting market rules that suit their needs, and squeezing the last drops of profits from even the poorest countries.

      So adamant and unjustifiable has been the US in protecting its farm sector that even the European Union has asked it to reduce governmental support for agriculture more generously. But the US insists that the developing countries - and the EU -should reduce their tariffs more substantially and limit the number of import-sensitive and special products exempt from cuts. For developed economies like the EU, import-sensitive products are of the greatest concern, where as developing nations are sensitive to special products - which are exempt from tariff reduction and subsidy cuts owing to reasons of development, foodsecurity and/or livelihood.

      And it seems that the US has succeeded in its designs. A report issued after a WTO meeting in April allowed developed countries to continue giving high subsidies to their agriculture sectors, albeit with a change in terms and language. According to the report, rich countries will also be able to shield their "sensitive products" from drastic tariff cuts.

      And what will the developing countries get. Nothing! Instead, they stand to lose a great deal. They will have to reduce their agriculture tariff further. They will also have to cut the tariff on industrial products drastically. And the worst sufferers will be countries like China, India and Brazil.

      Yet the developed world says it wants the Doha Round to "succeed". They should know by now, though, that the arm-twisting methods they have employed to"straighten things out" in the WTO, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will no longer succeed.

      That was the message that emerged from the WTO trade ministers' meeting in Paris on Thursday. China's Vice-Minister of Commerce, Yu Jianhua, made it clear that China will continue playing a "constructive and positive" role intaking the stalled Doha Round forward.

      "We have cut our tariffs by 70 percent and according to what is on the table in the DohaRound, China will cut tariffs by another 30 percent," Yu said at the APEC forum in Montana.

      The Doha Roundhas reached a critical moment, he said, because of the domestic politics of certain economies, the global financial crisis and the protectionism resorted to by some economies.

      Until those"certain (rich) economies" show signs of honesty, the Doha Round forall intents and purposes is dead.

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pretty provocative left wing view in this article. correspondingly, the word "hegemony" will be repeated by both sides of the debate, even though this article didn't use such specifically. Besides,i believe we will also see a lot of finger pointings. needless to say, it is utmost important to fight in the setting of the rules of games we play or want to play. By right people will prefer free trade except for those interest groups which lobby for protections. But unfortunately, it's the small groups' concentrated power that shifted the policy decisions and set the game rules.

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Perhaps that's what the US wants the rest of the world to believe and do. But, for its own benefit, it has another plan. Exactly a week before the AP and Reuters reports,Kirk said, "it is time to look beyond the troubled Doha Round on a global pact", and that nations should seek more limited goals for now. Though he stopped short of declaring the death of the WTO talks, he conceded that a restated commitment to the Doha Round would sound "increasingly hollow".

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Without of economic independence,there is on independence right of political bargaining.I hope the Doha Round will be succeeded one day.As long as the devoloping countries enhance their comprehensive national strengths and increase there influences on international affairs,it will come true.Our country is good example,with the economy devoloped and military strength enhanced,it is acknowledged a legitimate sovereign state.
Of course ,this topic is perfect well ! Thanks for your share

The negotiation is a critica lissue that caused a tremendous  concentration. Based on different  foundations and desired-profit points，there is no easy way to achieve a  convergence of interests.To find out a way to a state of Incentive compatibility is a hardship because of  the  high transaction cost. So I believe that "more rounds ,more gains",or" experience is the mother of wisdom".

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Most of the International Orgnizations are manipulated by Western Word,the have a lot of rules bias against developing countries.So the emerging countries and poor countries should stand in one siade,negociate with the developed countries for the justice that belong to themslves,Build the new world of economy!

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This is how the world works. Nations compete for the world's limited resources and only superpowers can decide how the game is played. Every country attaches more importance to national self-interest than the interest of other nations or the international community. It is no wonder that developed countries 'kill' Doha Round. If China and India were the developed countries, they would do the same. This is a little ugly, pathetic and sick.