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LOOKING BEYOND DOHA? NEW THINKING ON TRADE POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT. By Socialist Group in the European Parliament, December 2008. This booklet examines the link between development and trade by focusing on the future of the World Trade Organisation beyond the Doha Round of trade talks. In particular, contributions to the emerging debate on post-Doha prospects are made by Javier Moreno Sanchez a Socialist Group member of the European Parliament, Linda Sánchez a Democrat member of the US House of Representatives, Romain Benicchio of OXFAM International, and Timothy Wise and Kevin Gallagher from Tufts University in the US. To access this paper, please refer to http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PSE_PuttingDevInWTODec08.pdf.
THE IMPLEMENTATION GAME: THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REFORM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. By Carolyn Deere, Oxford University Press, December 2008. The ‘Implementation Game’ is the first book-length study of the politics surrounding the implementation of the World Trade Organisation’s Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). It seeks to explain the variation in how developing countries have implemented the treaty, highlighting the influence of global intellectual property debates, international pressures, and political dynamics within developing countries. In so doing, the book exposes how power politics occur not just within global trade talks but afterward when countries implement agreements. ‘The Implementation Game’ will be of interest to all those engaged in debates on the global governance of trade and intellectual property, and the challenges facing developing countries in the global economy. For further information, please refer to http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199550616.
2008 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WTO. World Trade Organisation, November 2008. The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) 2008 Annual Report focuses on the activities of the organisation in 2007 and details its current structure, staff and budget. It includes detailed progress reports on various aspects of the Doha negotiations and an overview of some of the main developments within the WTO. To access this report, please refer to http://onlinebookshop.wto.org/shop/article_details.asp?Id_Article=748.
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