L'Afrique et l’OMC: Le cas de Cancun

Jacques Fontanel () and Antipas Touatam
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Jacques Fontanel: CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble

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Abstract: The WTO Conference in Cancun ended in failure. The globalisation process proposed by the United States and Europe, covering investment, competition, transparency in public procurement and trade facilitation, did not suit the leaders of the developing countries, who were often divided. African countries wanted the abolition of agricultural subsidies granted by the European Union and the United States to their producers, but they were turned down. The law of the strongest is the law of the strongest, and Africa's room for manoeuvre is weak in view of its fragile economic conditions. However, the strategy of the African countries shows new coalitions to establish a fairer market that ensures a decent income. Discussions are likely to be long; the Doha Round is in a bad way... Where Africa has an undeniable comparative advantage, its exports are made less competitive by developed country tariffs. Basically, liberalism benefits the economically stronger countries, as Friedrich List pointed out.

Keywords: Afrique; OMC; cycle de Doha; pays en développement; Least developed countries; Africa; WTO; Doha; Cancun (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-10
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Published in Guerres et conflits économiques, Université Pierre Mendès France Grenoble, 2004

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