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Developing Countries in the World Trading System: The Uruguay Round and Beyond
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover  Development & Growth
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ASIN: 1840647248 |
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`Developing countries are again, as in the early days of UNCTAD, becoming a major focus in the discussion of world trade reforms. Their sense that the Uruguay Round and the WTO system failed to address their concerns is a major factor behind the current problems in mounting a new multilateral round. This book addresses the key concerns of developing countries and suggests a number of reforms that will enable them to become equal partners in the world trading system.'- Peter J. Lloyd, University of Melbourne, Australia
Experience suggests that trade liberalization has contributed substantially to the remarkable growth of industrialized countries. However, for various reasons many developing countries have not yet been able to integrate successfully into global markets and reap the growth-inducing and poverty-reducing benefits of trade. This book argues that while developing countries are heavily represented in the WTO - accounting for about four-fifths of its membership - there is still plenty of scope for the world trading system to work more effectively in their interests.
The book examines the achievements of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations in reforming the world trading system and the challenges to future reforms. It begins with an overview of the genesis of the world trading system and moves on to examine the key issues as they relate to developing countries. These include: further liberalization of agricultural trade; abolition of the Multifibre Arrangement; environmental and labor standards; competition policy; regional integration in South East Asia; and the implications for developing Asian countries of the liberalization of the Chinese economy and its WTO membership. Furthermore, the book discusses the links between trade liberalization and poverty reduction - drawing on the experience of Asian countries - and puts forward arguments on how trade liberalization could effect a greater reduction in poverty.
This is a timely and succinct presentation of the critical issues relating to the world trading system in the context of developing countries in general, and Asia-Pacific countries in particular. It will interest and inform a wide readership including scholars and students of development and international economics, and practitioners and policymakers concerned with international trade issues and global trade relations.
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The World Trading System: The Uruguay Round and Beyond
Brian McDonald Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Exports & Imports
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ASIN: 0312211929 |
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This book describes the trade negotiations known as the Uruguay Round which took place in the context of the GATT and which led to the establishment of the World Trade Organization at the end of 1994. The book contains a brief summary of the history of the negotiations and GATT rules in each case, but focuses more on the results of the negotiations themselves. It contains up to date information on advances in the trade field since the Round in such areas as telecoms and information technology. It discusses the main issues the WTO will have to confront in the future. The book seeks to maintain a readable style throughout and to simplify as much as possible the complexities of the international trading system, while at the same time remaining informative.|
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Charting a course for the multilateral trading system: The Seattle ministerial meeting and beyond (Occasional papers)
Ernest H Preeg Manufacturer: Group of Thirty ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding General
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