Perspective of Key WTO Ambassadors on Current Challenges in Global Trade Talks

Interviews in February 2015, in Geneva, of the WTO Ambassadors of China, the U.S., the EU and Brazil, the Chairs of the Agriculture, NAMA and Services Committees and the Director General’s Chief of Staff, clarify the dynamics and competing interests behind the current Doha Round stalemate. To help break that stalemate, several propose ‘request and offer’ (“R&O”) negotiations for Agriculture and NAMA. Beyond Doha, some suggest talks on a WTO investment agreement because the benefits of investment are now better understood.

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