This issue of South Bulletin focuses on the WTO’s Doha negotiations. The Doha talks have missed many deadlines. The latest deadline is 2010, but it will most likely also be missed.

The Bulletin gives a brief report on the Stocktaking Exercise held at the WTO at the end of March. It was supposed to catalyse movement in the talks but instead became an occasion to confirm that there was nothing new in the impasse.

Another article analyses the “rise and decline” of the Doha talks, tracing the history from its controversial start in 2001 to the present impasse. On the way, the Doha programme lost its development goal and instead became an opportunity for developed countries to pressurise developing countries to open up their markets.

The issue of “Special Safeguard Mechanism” to promote the interests of developing countries’ small farmers is also analysed. 

Finally the Bulletin has two other articles – on how to remove the deflationary bias in the global financial system, and on the launching of a new developing-country grouping (the Development Agenda Group) to promote development goals in intellectual property at the WIPO.

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• Long Stalemate Ahead for WTO Talks
• The Rise & Decline of the WTO’s Doha Talks
• How to Break the Impasse of Doha Round
• India: “A Few Developing Countries Cannot Be the Bankers of the Round”
• Bolivia: Democratic Process & Development Content Are Vital
• LDCs: Give Us An Early Doha Harvest
• Africa: Priorities Are Early Harvest & Cotton
• G20: Balance in Agriculture Draft Must Be Respected
• G33: Technical Discussions Should Continue
• Arab Group: Keep To The Development Mandate
• China’s Statement at the WTO
• Why the SSM Became A Major Issue at WTO
• Removing the Deflationary Bias In the International Financial Architecture
• Developing Countries Launch New Group at WIPO to Implement the Development Agenda