Finding answers to the concerns of small, vulnerable economies in the Doha round ; Small states and the pillars of economic resilience

Abstract

The World Trade Organisation's Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations offers a great opportunity to increase trade worldwide. It is also a chance to strengthen the multilateral trade rules for the Organisation's 151 member governments. Included in this venture are the small, vulnerable economies (SVEs) which have a keen interest in ensuring that future trade rules correspond more to their development needs. This chapter deals with key issues of concern to small economies which are being negotiated as part of the Doha Development Agenda or in other WTO bodies and tracks their development through to 2007. ; peer-reviewed