THE DOHA ROUND

 THE DOHA ROUND

• The Doha Round, formally the Doha Development Agenda, which is the ninth round since the Second World War was officially launched at the WTO’s Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, in November 2001.
•  The round seeks to accomplish major modifications of the international trading system through lower trade barriers and revised trade rules.
•  The negotiations include 20 areas of trade, including agriculture, services trade, market access for nonagricultural products, and certain intellectual property issues.
•  The most controversial topic in the yet to conclude Doha Agenda has been agriculture trade.