The Doha Round and WTO

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Agreement provides the basis on which the Doha Round of negotiations will progress. For example, a detailed framework for establishing modalities in agriculture negotiations was adopted. As per the Framework Agreement, the Doha Round of negotiations will come to an end by December 2005, when the sixth Ministerial Conference of the WTO will take place in Hong Kong, China. However, given the realpolitik of negotiations, it is expected that the Hong Kong Ministerial …

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