Polly wants a Doha deal: what does the trade community think?

Abstract

Now the Doha Round is in its tenth year, it is still far from clear whether a deal will be concluded this year. Neither is clear what are the reasons of the current deadlock. Deep division also remain on how to conclude a possible Doha deal. Apart from this negotiation stalemate, what do trade experts think about Doha? This policy brief analyses these questions using mainly data from the CUTS forum debate on the Doha Round among trade experts and academics. The results show that also among experts huge divisions remain on these issues