Developing Countries in the World Trading System

Edited by Ramesh Adhikari and Prema-chandra Athukorala

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Abstract: 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 labour 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.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
ISBN: 9781840647242
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Developing countries in the world trading system: an overview

Ramesh Adhikari and Prema-chandra Athukorala

Ch 2 Emerging issues in the world trading system

T. Srinivasan

Ch 3 Developing-country interests in WTO-induced agricultural trade reform

Kym Anderson

Ch 4 Asian developing countries and the global trading system for agriculture, textiles and clothing

Prema-chandra Athukorala

Ch 5 Environmental standards and trade in agricultural products: evidence from Brazil, Germany and Indonesia*

Ulrike Grote, Claus Deblitz and Susanne Stegmann

Ch 6 Labour standards, social labels and WTO

Arnab Basu, Nancy Chau and Ulrike Grote

Ch 7 Competition policy, the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council and the WTO

Kerrin M. Vautier

Ch 8 Export competition in Asia and the role of China

Yongzheng Yang

Ch 9 The enlargement of ASEAN and its impact on regional integration

Jayant Menon

Ch 10 Trade policy reforms, growth and poverty reduction

Ramesh Adhikari

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