Abstract:
In this article, I address the question of negotiation analysis
pertaining to the Cancun Ministerial of the World Trade Organization
(WTO). Albeit, the deep differences between developed and developing
countries on various trade issues could not be accommodated and the
Cancun Ministerial finally collapsed, the coalitional diplomacy and
the joint obstinate position taken by the developing countries were
unparalleled and deserve concentrated analysis of negotiations and
various strategies pursued during the Ministerial. The central contingent
variable, in this study is the negotiation strategy pursued by the
developing countries at Cancun. In more practical terms the coalitional
diplomacy with special reference to the coalition of G-20 and distributive
strategy used by the developing countries, have been investigated.
Other derivative inquiries delineated here are: how developing countries
adhered to and maintained their coalition G-20 at Cancun and the
counter strategies of the developed world pertaining to moves made
by the developing countries including endgame diplomacy.
