POLS 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Doha Development Round, International Political Economy, World Trade Organization
27 Nov 2015
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Realism: focus on nation states and power struggles. Current negotiation round at wto started in 2001. Industrialized nations pitted against nics and developing countries. Some issues: import taxes, farming subsidies, investment rules, property. If country a reduces tariffs for coffee; country b may reduce tariffs for wheat. Dominating global trend in contemporary politics and trade. Increasingly close international integration of goods and services, labour and capital. Climate change is where we have seen increased global activism. Main global problem, there is no single country that can stop climate change-everyone needs to be a part of the process. Agreed upon by the un and was intended to meet these goals. Target 1a: to half the proportion of people between 1990-2015 whose income is less than 1. 25$ a day. Target 1. b: to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and kids (not even close to achieving)
