Issue No. 605 (16-30 November 2015)
WTO’s Nairobi meet deals setback to developing countries

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Doha SU diminished, not dead, and retrievable
To some commentators, the 10th Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Nairobi had dealt a death blow to the Doha Round trade negotiations. But, contends Chakravarthi Raghavan, developing countries can still salvage the Round and its status as a “single undertaking”.

South suffers humiliating setback at Nairobi
The outcome of the 10th Ministerial Conference was unfavourable to developing countries, which now face the grim task of trying to recover the ground they lost at Nairobi.
by D. Ravi Kanth

Nairobi green signal for continued US trade-distorting agri-exports
In the agriculture-related decisions in Nairobi, it was the US position which largely held sway.
by D. Ravi Kanth

MC10 going down to the wire, US intransigent
The sharp differences among the WTO membership over agriculture and the fate of the Doha Round were played out in the course of the Nairobi meeting, as revealed in the following day-by-day reports on the conference proceedings.
by D. Ravi Kanth

Developing countries get a jolt from WTO
by D. Ravi Kanth

Civil society expresses shock at draft agriculture text
by Ranja Sengupta

Developing nations want continued Doha talks for redressing inequities
by D. Ravi Kanth

WTO’s MC10 gets underway in Nairobi
by Kanaga Raja

WTO members conclude ITA-II deal at MC10
The Nairobi Ministerial Conference also saw the finalization of an agreement to scrap import duties on over 200 information technology products.
by Kanaga Raja

The forthcoming adjustment shock
Governments around the world are planning steep spending cuts in 2016, and the effects could be especially damaging for developing economies.
by Isabel Ortiz