Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- About the Editors and Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Law and development perspective on international trade law
- Introduction
- Part I Developing Countries and International Trade
- Part II Law and Development in the World Trade Organization
- Part III Law and Development in Free Trade Agreements
- Part IV Law and Development in Regional Initiatives
- Epilogue
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- About the Editors and Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Law and development perspective on international trade law
- Introduction
- Part I Developing Countries and International Trade
- Part II Law and Development in the World Trade Organization
- Part III Law and Development in Free Trade Agreements
- Part IV Law and Development in Regional Initiatives
- Epilogue
- Index
Summary
There is no doubt that economic and social development has become one of the most important agenda items for the global trading system. The importance of development has been well demonstrated by the adoption of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) in the current round of multilateral trade negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the “Doha Round.” The progress of the round has been interrupted and delayed on several occasions because of the considerable gap between developed- and developing-country members’ positions on trade and development issues. A key issue of the debate is whether the current regulatory framework for international trade, as represented by the legal disciplines of the WTO, serves the development and trade interests of less developed economies.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011