Conference Report

English Version

March, 1 until 3, 2004
9th International Speyer-Forum
"World Trade and Development"

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is a still young international organisation, which is increasingly important for developing countries. Hardly any other international institution is confronted with such comparably high expectations. Yet no other international institutions is as fiercely criticised as the WTO. This ambivalent position reflects, inter alia, the circumstance that the WTO is blamed for being partly responsible for the deficits of "globalisation". That makes the WTO the antagonist of the adversaries of this worldwide economic process. 

As a consequence, the WTO is facing a considerable pressure of success. This pressure is partly to be diminished in the current negotiating round of the WTO members. Moreover, this round has been explicitly entrusted with the task of improving the developing countries' situation. Therefore, experts speak of a special "Doha Development Agenda". The failure of the 5th WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun, Mexico, has shown, however, that it is very difficult to strike a balance among all actors' interests.

Against this backdrop, the WTO Conference to be held from March, 01 until 03, 2004, at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer will single out and examine more closely several basic aspects of the world trading system, which have an impact on developing countries. This conference is addressed to scientists as well as practitioners from administrations, associations and non-governmental organisations. The speakers also scientists and practitioners, too.

 

Lead	Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rainer Pitschas with assistance of Dr. Gerald Sander, Mag.rer.publ., University Stuttgart Hohenheim
Method	Lectures and Discussions
Type of arrangement	Forum
Number of arrangement	1.4.4
Date	March, 1 until 3, 2004
Number of participants	ca. 50
Planned Contribution	€ 100 / € 145

Detailed Programm

 

Stand: 31.03.2006