Least Developed Countries and the WTO [electronic resource] : Special Treatment in Trade /
Hawthorne, H.author.
A norm of special treatment for LDCs, created by the UN, has spread to various international organisations including the WTO. Within the WTO evidence of the institutionalization of the norm can be found both in the agreements and legal documents and the way in which the LDCs have been treated by other states. Helen Hawthorne investigates how norms impact on negotiations in international organisations. She shows that few studies of international organisations focus on the role of the weaker states in the organization, the majority focus either on the major states or the emerging economies. By ignoring the role of the poorer, weaker states in the GATT/WTO we are ignoring the history of these states in the organisation and do not get a true picture of the organization, how it operates in relation to them and their impact on the organisation.
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The International Norm of Special Treatment for LDCs""; ""3 LDCs in the GATT""; ""4 Norm Institutionalization in the WTO""; ""5 Case Study 1 â€? LDCs Accession to the WTO""; ""6 Case Study 2 â€? Benefiting from Trade: Market Access and LDCs""; ""7 Case Study 3 â€? Cotton and the LDCs: The Litmus Test?""; ""8 Conclusion""; ""Appendix A: Provisions Made for LDCs in WTO Agreements""; ""Appendix B: List of Least Developed Countries""
""Appendix C: LDCs Benefitting from Special Market Access Arrangements""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A norm of special treatment for LDCs, created by the UN, has spread to various international organisations including the WTO. Within the WTO evidence of the institutionalization of the norm can be found both in the agreements and legal documents and the way in which the LDCs have been treated by other states. Helen Hawthorne investigates how norms impact on negotiations in international organisations. She shows that few studies of international organisations focus on the role of the weaker states in the organization, the majority focus either on the major states or the emerging economies. By ignoring the role of the poorer, weaker states in the GATT/WTO we are ignoring the history of these states in the organisation and do not get a true picture of the organization, how it operates in relation to them and their impact on the organisation.
World Trade Organization.
Political economy.
International organization.
International relations.
Economic policy.
Development economics.
Economic development.
International Political Economy.
International Organization.
International Relations.
Development Policy.
Development Economics.
Development Studies.