If WTO members wish to launch a new round to follow Doha, setting the agenda will require a complex negotiation as in the past, however Doha ends. To reduce the serious information problems they face and prepare the way, advocates should commission an independent research team to produce a...

If WTO members wish to launch a new round to follow Doha, setting the agenda will require a complex negotiation as in the past, however Doha ends. To reduce the serious information problems they face and prepare the way, advocates should commission an independent research team to produce a...

When states negotiate multilaterally they often call on ambassadors, ministers, or secretariat leaders to play the role of broker or mediator to help them overcome impasses. Yet little is known about how this role is played, what choices these mediators make with what consequences, or how the...

We cannot fully understand and improve global governance without understanding the process of negotiation in international organizations and other regimes. The strategies and tactics used by governments and official mediators partly determine whether negotiations end in impasse or agreement as...

Developing country governments negotiate with other governments frequently over trade issues. Most developing countries are now members of the World Trade Organization and many of the rest are negotiating to join it. In the Doha Development Agenda, members find themselves facing multilateral...

If WTO members wish to launch a new round to follow Doha, setting the agenda will require a complex negotiation as in the past, however Doha ends. To reduce the serious information problems they face and prepare the way, advocates should commission an independent research team to produce a...