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  "title": "The WTO Doha Trade Round - Unlocking the Negotiations and Beyond",
  "publication": "Policy Papers, November 16, 2011",
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  "summary": "This note provides an update on the status of Doha negotiations and an outlook on significant non-Doha trade issues that should be tackled in the near future.",
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      "heading": "Update on Doha negotiations and outlook",
      "content": "- Provides an update on the status of Doha negotiations.\n- Offers an outlook on significant non-Doha trade issues that should be tackled in the near future.\n- Structure of the note:\n  - Section II: Investigates what has stalled progress on Doha since the IMF Executive Board was last briefed in October 2008 (World Bank and IMF, 2008).\n  - Section III: Illustrates that notable gains would come from a Doha conclusion, both from actual new market access and from the added trade security that Doha would bring.\n  - Section IV: Suggests that the time may now have come to devote more resources to discussing important non-Doha issues at the WTO.\n  - Section V: Concludes that the Fund should continue to support both a Doha conclusion as well as the important work on non-Doha issues."
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      "heading": "Causes of stalled progress (Section II)",
      "content": "- Investigates factors that have stalled progress on Doha since October 2008.\n- Emphasizes historical briefing point: IMF Executive Board last briefed in October 2008 (World Bank and IMF, 2008)."
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      "heading": "Gains from a Doha conclusion (Section III)",
      "content": "- Highlights potential gains from concluding Doha:\n  - Actual new market access.\n  - Added trade security provided by a Doha conclusion.\n- Characterizes these gains as \"notable.\""
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      "heading": "Non-Doha issues and shifting resources (Section IV)",
      "content": "- Argues the time may have come to devote more resources to important non-Doha issues at the WTO.\n- Positions non-Doha work as an important complement or alternative focus to Doha negotiations."
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      "heading": "IMF policy conclusion and recommendations (Section V)",
      "content": "- Recommends the Fund should:\n  - Continue to support a Doha conclusion.\n  - Continue to support important work on non-Doha issues.\n\nSource: The WTO Doha Trade Round - Unlocking the Negotiations and Beyond; IMF, November 16, 2011. Canonical URL: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/the-wto-doha-trade-round-unlocking-the-negotiations-and-beyond-pp4625\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1. Estimated Global Welfare Gains Through Doha\n  - 1. Estimated Global Welfare Gains Through Doha (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1. Estimated Global Welfare Gains Through Doha (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/the-wto-doha-trade-round-unlocking-the-negotiations-and-beyond-pp4625"
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    "Provides an update on the status of Doha negotiations.",
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    "Characterizes these gains as \"notable.\"",
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