This 1.5 day training course is primarily targeted at World Bank staff whose work is affected by developments at the World Trade Organization (WTO), especially through the ongoing round of multilateral trade negotiations—the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). As an introduction, the course will offer a review of the main characteristics of the multilateral trading system governed by the WTO. The course will then move to current WTO issues, including the phase-out of textiles quotas as of January 1, 2005 and the state of play in the main negotiating areas of the DDA (agriculture, non-agricultural market access, services, intellectual property). Basic familiarity with the WTO system would be desirable, but not essential, for participation in this course. An Introduction into the Multilateral Trading System, Patrick Low (ppt - 78k) The Doha Development Agenda: A Brief Update, Carlos A. Primo Braga (word - 95k) Presentation (ppt - 142k) WTO Accession: Lessons from Experience, Carlos A. Primo Braga and Simon J. Evenett (word - 338k)  Presentation (ppt - 140k) Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda, Kym Anderson and Will Martin (word - 3.48mb) Presentation (ppt - 408k) Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO, Carsten Fink (word - 113k) Presentation (ppt - 221) Would Multilateral Trade Reform Benefit Sub-Saharan Africans? Kym Anderson, Will Martin and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (word - 606k) Economics and Law of Trade in Services, Aaditya Mattoo (word - 1.12mb) Presentation (ppt - 224k) The End of Enchainment: Will the Removal of Textile and Clothing Quotas Bring Us Enchantment? Dean Spinanger (word - 319k) Tables (word - 515k) Diagrams (word - 1.3mb) Presentation (ppt - 4.6mb)   |
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