Emerging Powers in the WTO [electronic resource] : Developing Countries and Trade in the 21st Century /
Michalopoulos, Constantine.author.
This volume examines the main factors for developing country trade performance in the last thirty years, their own trade policies, market access issues they face, and their increasingly more effective participation in the WTO and the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Developing Countries in World Trade; 1 Trends in the Trade of Developing Countries, 1980-2010; Introduction; Trends in merchandise trade; Trade in services; Integration in world trade; Policy issues; 2 Trade and Development in GATT and the WTO; Introduction; Principles and practices of developing countries in GATT, 1947-86; The Doha Round; 3 WTO Accession Issues; Introduction; The benefits of WTO membership; The accession process and strategies; Progress in accession
Is all the trouble to become a member worth it?Lessons of experience and issues for the future; 4 Developing-Country Trade Policies; Introduction; Trade policies that affect merchandise imports; Measures that affect exports; Preferential arrangements; Services; The continuing debate on trade policy; 5 Developing-Country Trade-Related Institutions and Aid for Trade; Introduction; Institutional development and capacity constraints; International assistance efforts; Conclusions; 6 Developed-Country Trade Policies; Introduction; Tariffs; Non-tariff measures; SPS and TBT; Services
The world since 20087 The TRIPS Agreement and Developing Countries; Introduction; The nature of IPRs: does one size fit all?; Costs and benefits; Early implementation issues: 1995- 2001; The Doha Round; Exclusions and alternatives to patents: Article 27.3(b); Transfer of technology; Domestic actions; 8 Developing-Country Participation in the WTO; Introduction; Membership; Representation; Decision-making; Leadership positions; Informal consultations; Agenda-setting and the ministerial meetings; The Secretariat; Dispute settlement; Capacity constraints and institutional integration
Policy implications9 The Doha Round Negotiations; Introduction; NAMA; Agriculture; Services; Trade facilitation; TRIPS; LDCs; Rules; How much was left on the table?; The blame game; Where do we go from here?; 10 The Future of the WTO in Global Governance; Introduction; Preferences; Negotiations; Special and differential treatment; Rules; Monitoring implementation and dispute settlement; Policy coherence; The emerging powers and governance of international institutions; 11 Conclusions and Recommendations; Conclusions; Agenda for action; Appendix A: Country Groupings
Appendix B: Methodology in Estimating Frequency RatiosReferences; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume examines the main factors for developing country trade performance in the last thirty years, their own trade policies, market access issues they face, and their increasingly more effective participation in the WTO and the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
Development economics.
International economics.
Macroeconomics.
Development Economics.
International Economics.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.