WTO Doha Declaration and Trade in Energy Goods and Services
Article from: OGEL 1 (2003), in Roundup of Articles
Summary
The WTO multilateral trading system is designed to provide security of access to markets and opportunities for each member to defend its rights. However, the multilateral trade rules also set the parameters within which member countries must develop their competitive strategies. The ongoing multilateral trade negotiations - the scope of which were decided in November 2001 at the 4 th WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar - could have crucial implications for energy producing and exporting countries. The Doha Conference agreed on a major work programme, which is ...