CHALLENGES 2007-2008 US Election tax on web Fever May Delay Doha Round Analysis by Aileen Kwa GENEV

CHALLENGES 2007-2008 US Election tax on web Fever May Delay Doha Round Analysis by Aileen Kwa GENEVA, Jan 21 (IPS) - Schedule a lot of things to discuss imeshapangwa for the World Trade Organization (WTO) this year. The question remains whether negotiators will have to continue to waste time because the power of Washington is spent in the political process before the election, or if technical solutions that have been made as it would lead to a conclusion to the Doha Development Round. Chairmen of the negotiations on agriculture and industrial goods are expected to provide another draft report at the end of January. This will be followed by discussions stalled in writing. If things go as Plan A WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy, systems (new rules and commitments) for the marketing of agricultural products and non-agricultural tax on web (NAMA) are to be concluded by March or April. There may even exist and what message African ministerial conference calls sized adopt procedures for this time, and even have a full meeting of ministers at the end of 2008 to complete the Round. There are differing tax on web views on how Plan A can succeed. Given that 2007 has passed the US has entered into the stage of fragmentation and fierce struggle initial process towards the elections, it does not seem impossible to Washington tax on web to make trade liberalization. Lori Wallach of Public Citizen organization, headquartered in Washington, told IPS that there is no desire for the Doha Round here. The only program of Doha would break this to be in support of major US companies who do not have a real impact. This means that if there was an increase in yield for US goods trade would be a major contribution, tax on web this will get things moving here. We are entering into a recession and trade is increasingly politically tax on web toxic, based on a loss of US $ 800 billion trade and its impact on our growth slowing to two percent, he added. Speaking about losing popularity exceeds tax on web Free Trade Agreement of North America (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico, Wallach observed, presidential candidates of the Democratic Party are trying to eliminate all opposing terms of NAFTA. Ironically, half of the Republican presidential candidates tax on web oppose NAFTA and the WTO. Then there is the issue of the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), the authority granted to the president of the United tax on web States and the US Congress to negotiate trade agreements that Congress could approve or reject but not amend. The administration of President George W. Bush want to TPA complete the Round. According to Wallach, Bush has a 5 percent chance of transmitting Doha TPA only. If there had been a wide window of opportunity, which was shut down late last year when Bush had vetoed or threatened to veto every single Democratic priority plan was approved by Congress. According to WTO negotiator from West Africa, I have not seen any sign or intention that 2008 is the date an aspiration, but I would not be surprised if it went up in 2009. And if it does, the choice of the US would be over and they would try to water. He said that in the Group of 33 (or G33, union Developing countries that have been calling for the protection of food security and rural livelihoods), we criticize ourselves from flexible, and flexibility should not be one-sided. We await balance of rich nations. The end of the day, we have a blame game. Developed countries will require further liberalization in NAMA and services and they will blame developing nations for failing to show signs of flexibility. Developing countries will say that our interests have not been taken seriously, he added. From this viewpoint, the US and the European Union is clear that now work closely together, and to see just that, I think there will be no movement on their part. However, not all negotiators his prognosis tax on web of 2008. A participant of the conversation from East Africa stressed that ground has been covered in some technical issues. Likely to complete negotiations appear to be positive, not quite, but more positive than before. (END / 2008)
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