Posts tagged…Trade Framework
Why ‘Bretton Woods’ bis won’t happen
Tue, Nov 11 2008Although global regime management has become multipolar, multilateral collaboration has a woeful recent record.
"In fact, the emerging multilateral, multipolar world – long called for by those uncomfortable with American power – shows every sign of being highly dysfunctional." Gideon Rachman at the FT
The end of the Doha Round
Sun, Jun 01 2008The Doha Round of WTO trade negotiations is entering its final agony. It may be time to start spreading the blame.
The draft agreements circulated in late May are lame (agriculture) or empty (services) or unable to bridge sharp disagreement (NAMA, rules). The enterprise was weakened by the disinterest of the Bush administration for most of the last seven years, and by the arrival of new management…
Read more…Would ‘critical mass’ agreements in WTO be ‘fissile’ or ‘fusional’?
Mon, Apr 07 2008Here is the paper I presented today to the Melbourne University Center for Public Policy seminar on the Future of the Multilateral Trade System. It asks would 'critical mass' agreements—as recommended by the Warwick Commission—reinforce ('fuse') the WTO's Single Undertaking or would they tend to pull it apart ('fission')? I welcome your comments.