01997cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003834 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451975796 1934-7456 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Yang, Yongzheng. Africa in the Doha Round : Dealing with Preference Erosion and Beyond / Yongzheng Yang. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005. 1 online resource (27 pages) IMF Policy Discussion Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Improving market access in industrial countries and retaining preferences have been Africa's two key objectives in the Doha Round trade negotiations. This paper argues that African negotiators may have overlooked the potential market access gains in developing countries, where trade barriers remain relatively high and demand for African imports has expanded substantially over the past decades. As reductions in most-favored-nation tariffs in industrial countries will inevitably lead to preference erosion, African countries need to ensure that the Doha Round leads to liberalization in all sectors by all World Trade Organization (WTO) members, so that the resulting gains will offset any losses. Such an outcome is more likely if African countries also offer to liberalize their own trade regimes and focus on reciprocal liberalization as a negotiation strategy rather on preferential and differential treatment. Mode of access: Internet IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 2005/008 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/003/2005/008/003.2005.issue-008-en.xml IMF e-Library