Posts tagged…Trade

WTO and Developing Countries

Sat, Feb 10 2007

here to open WTODC in a new window”WTO and Developing Countries Cover page

The World Trade Organization has commissioned Inquit to write a number of publications. One of the first—in 1999—was “WTO and Developing Countries”, which described the impact on Developing Country members of the Uruguay Round Agreements and the provisions that the agreements made specifically for development.

The hard-cover version of the book is now out of…

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Why market access matters to developing countries

Sat, Feb 10 2007

Just before the September 2003 Cancún Ministerial Conference of WTO, the Australian National Farmers’ Federation commmissioned me to write a pamphlet for the Cairns’ Group Farm Leaders’ meeting on the importance of market access to developing country gains in the Doha Round of trade negotiations.

Although it’s now more than three years old, and the trade data is a little dated, the analysis…

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International impact on food regulations

Sat, Feb 10 2007

food regulation flow chartThe

Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission engaged Inquit to survey the costs that obligations under international agreements and the requirements of trading partners impose on food producers, processors and wholesalers in the state of Victoria. More than two-thirds of Victorian food production is for the export market.

We found that the regulations that impose costs are Australian…

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Global Trade Advocate

Sat, Feb 10 2007

download a copy of Global Trade Advocate (pdf:2.2mb)”Global Trade Advocate is Inquit’s guide to advocacy on behalf of the global trading interests of your business or industry association. It shows you how to go about defining your interests in the trading system, how to analyze the opportunities, how to build support for your goals in the trading system and—most important—how to identify and…

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‘Docking’ RTAs in the APEC region

Thu, Sep 14 2006

Ten observations about the WTO’s first decade

Sun, Dec 18 2005

A few days in Hong Kong

Thu, Dec 15 2005

Predictions for 2006

Mon, Dec 12 2005

WTO seen from the banks of the Zambezi

Mon, Dec 12 2005

“WTO: The First Ten Years”

Thu, Nov 24 2005

The Hong Kong beauty parade

Thu, Nov 24 2005

Who wins from textile market liberalization?

Thu, Nov 17 2005

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