Development at the World Trade Organization / Sonia E. Rolland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rolland, Sonia E.

Series:

International economic law series (Oxford, England)

International economic law series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization--Developing countries.

World Trade Organization.

Doha Development Agenda (2001- ).

Doha Development Agenda.

Free trade--Developing countries.

Free trade.

Developing countries--Economic policy.

Developing countries.

Developing countries--Commercial policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (847 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Seeking to open paths for reconsidering the trade and development relationship at the WTO, this book takes into account both the heritage of the trade regime and its present dynamics. It argues that the institutional processes for creating and implementing trade rules at the WTO and the actual regulatory outcomes are inseparable. A consideration of the development dimension at the WTO must examine both jointly. It shows that the shortcomings of the Doha Development Round are in part due to the failure to assess trade rules as part of the legal processes and institutions that produced them. Thi

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgments Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Table of Cases; List of Cited GATT Panel and Working Party Reports and their Common Abbreviations; List of Cited WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports, Other Initiated WTO Disputes, and their Common Abbreviations; Table of Conventions and Treaties; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; I Development and its Institutions in International Economic Law: Who Decides What Developmentmeans?; 1 The Multiple Meanings of Development

2 The Contribution of International Organizations to Development Policy-MakingII Framing Development at the Gatt and WTO; 3 The Trade and Development Relationship during the GATT Years and the Genesis of the WTO; 4 "Developing Member" and Least- Developed Country Status at the GATT and WTO: Self- Designation versus the Politics of Accession; 5 From the Uruguay Round to the Doha Round: Changing Dynamics in Developing Countries' Participation; III Understanding and Contextua Lizing WTO Development Provisions; 6 Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO Agreements: A Legal Analysis

7 Invoking Development in Dispute Settlement8 Reconsidering Special and Differential Treatment in the Global Context; 9 Institutional Processes: What Impact on Developing Members?; IV Rethinking the Trade and Development Relationship at the WTO; 10 The Doha Round: Chronicle of a Death Foretold?; 11 Strategic Challenges to Integrating Development at the WTO; 12 Towards Development- Oriented Rules at the WTO: Some Proposals; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Footnotes

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-353) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-173836-0

0-19-162767-4

1-283-58144-2

9786613893895

0-19-162766-6

OCLC:

830169477