The evolving global trade architecture This comprehensive and accessible book examines the evolution of the multilateral trade regime in the ever changing global economic environment particularly during the WTO era and the ongoing Doha Round. Professor Das explores how the creation of the multilateral trade regime or the GATT WTO system has been fraught with difficulties. He describes the ways by means of various rounds of negotiations the multilateral trade regime has constantly adjusted itself to the new realities of the global economy Development developing economies and the multilateral trade regime Necessity for a development round Special treatment and policy space for the developing economies in the multilateral trade regime The Fifth Ministerial Conference : the wheels come off at Cancún Enter the developing economies : transforming the landscape of the multilateral trade regime The Sixth Ministerial Conference : the lean Hong Kong harvest The Doha Round : a disenchanting evolutionary process.