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South Centre’s Papers on the WTO for the Seventh WTO Ministerial Conference
Dear Newsbox Media,
The South Centre is
pleased to announce the publication of the following documents for the Seventh
WTO Ministerial Conference.
Yours
sincerely,
Aileen
Kwa
Co-ordinator
Trade
and Development Programme
South Centre
Draft Paper by Martin Khor, Executive
Director of the South Centre
‘Analysis of the Doha Negotiations and the Functioning of the
WTO’
This
paper provides an overview of the Doha
negotiations to date – in agriculture, non-agriculture market access and
services. It also provides a detailed analysis and critique of the functioning
of the WTO, particularly the decision-making processes, and suggests ways that
the multilateral trading system can be much improved.
Policy Brief:
Is Development Back in the Doha Round?
This policy brief is to
look behind the recent press releases claiming that an ambitious Doha deal could deliver
$300- $700 billion in global welfare gains. As before, the claims that
developing countries will be the big winners from Doha rest on shaky
assumptions, controversial economic modeling, misleading representations of the
benefits, and disregard for the high costs of Doha-style liberalization for
many developing countries.
Draft Policy Brief:
The Proposed Special Safeguard
Mechanism (SSM) in the WTO: Is it still ‘Special’?
This
policy brief summarises the research the South Centre has conducted on the
Special Safeguard Mechanism, and particularly the conditionalities suggested in
the current draft agriculture texts that limit the usage of the instrument.
Policy Brief:
State of Play of the GATS Negotiations: Are
Developing Countries Benefiting?
This
paper provides an overview of the state of play in the GATS negotiations, both
covering the market access negotiations, as well as the rules negotiations.
Analytical Note:
The Extent of Agriculture Import
Surges in Developing Countries: What are the Trends?
The paper gives an overview of the trends in
agricultural import surges for the different groupings of developing countries..
Analytical Note:
The Volume-based Special Safeguard
Mechanism (SSM): Analysis of the Conditionalities in the December 2008 WTO
Agriculture Chair’s Texts
This
paper provides a critical examination of the conditionalities in the
volume-based SSM and their
implications for the effectiveness of the volume-based SSM in the December 2008
Agriculture Chair’s Modalities.
Analytical Note:
The Price-based Special Safeguard
Mechanism (SSM): Trends in Agriculture Price Declines and Analysis of the
Conditionalities in the December 2008 WTO Agriculture Chair’s Text
This paper provides an analysis of the
conditionalities of the price-based SSM in the WTO Agriculture Chair’s December
2008 text and their implications for the effectiveness of
the instrument.
Analytical Note:
Comparing the Special Safeguard
Provision (SSG) and the Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM): Special and
Differential Treatment for Whom?
The
Special Safeguard Provision (SSG) in the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture is an
instrument that is regularly used by a number of developed countries to protect
their agricultural sector. The Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) has been
proposed by a large number of developing countries in the Doha Round. This paper provides a detailed
comparison between the two instruments.
You can find all the papers at this web page:
http://www.southcentre.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1117&Itemid=67
Or go to the South Centre homepage: www.southcentre.org
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