Question

The current impasse in the Doha Round of Negotiations is  centered around:

Options

• access to cheaper drugs

• access to markets of developed countries

• access to markets of developed countries

• removal of non-tariff barriers

Answer 1

The current impasse in the Doha Round of Negotiations is  centered around the removal of non-tariff barriers

Explanation:

The Doha Development Round or Doha Development  Agenda (DDA) is the latest trade-negotiation round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which commenced in November 2001 under then director-general Mike Moore. The July 2008 negotiations are over disagreements concerning agriculture, industrial tariffs and non-tariff barriers, services, and trade remedies.