ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that a zone of possible agreement existed in the Doha Round. Nevertheless, a cooperative agreement was not realized. The chapter starts with an overview of the key moments of the Doha Round and its dimensions of conflict. It then provides a robust quantitative account of the largest WTO members’ preferences on ten key negotiation issues in the Doha Round. This map of preferences is derived from a large-scale content analysis of members’ statements at the Ministerial Conferences in 1996–2011. Using spatial modelling and cooperative game theory, the chapter identifies the Nash bargaining solution of the Doha negotiations.
