With US election on cards, Doha talks could be an exercise in futility
WHY are member states of the WTO still negotiating the Doha Round, particularly in agriculture despite being aware that the current US administration does not have the authority or the power to ratify the promises it makes in the any issues, especially non-agricultural market access (Nama) and agriculture? As the US civil society Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch (PCGTW) writes: "The political and legal reality is that the US will only be in a position to engage honestly in Doha Round talks after the new president arrives.'