Trade for development
The trading system is unbalanced against developing countries. The progressive elimination of remaining trade barriers in goods and services, with rich counties leading by example, coupled with enough support for poor countries to bear adjustment costs and build export capacity must be part of the international pursuit to overcome poverty.
xix, 333 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9781844072293, 1844072290
60780522
Market access agenda Why Another Round?
Agriculture
Services
Nonagricultural merchandise trade
Keeping markets open
Preferential market access
Rules-related issues
What should be the scope of WTO rules?
the Singapore issues
The TRIPS Agreement
Special and differential treatment
Other systematic issues
Coherence
Free trade agreements
The Dispute Settlement Understanding
Main Conclusions and recommendations
Countries o0n the UN official list of LDCs that are WTO Members or observers
G-90 countries (ACP, LDC, or African Union) that are WTO Members or observers
OECD members
The "poorest developing countries"
some relevant factors
A brief explanation of the structure and operation of the GATS
The unfinished rules agenda under the GATS
Summary of preference margins by country for agricultural products, 2003
WTO disputes with developing country complainants
Sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme on behalf of the UN Development Group