Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries: Does It Help Those Who Help Themselves?

Kiichiro Fukasaku

No wp-2000-197, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper reviews main S&D provisions for developing countries under the GATT-WTO trading system and discusses issues relating to the future of S&D treatment from the perspective of the least-developed countries (LDCs). It argues that negotiations on S&D provisions in the next trade round must take the question of trade capacity building seriously. This would require WTO Members to make binding commitments to meeting the special need of LDCs in terms of market access and technical assistance.

Keywords: Commercial law; Commercial policy; Economic development; International economic relations; International trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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