Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation: 45 Case Studies

by Edited by Peter Gallagher , Patrick Low , Andrew L. Stoler

• ISBN13: 9780521860147
• ISBN10: 0521860148
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-09
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This compilation of 45 case studies documents disparate experiences among economies in addressing the challenges of participating in the WTO. It demonstrates that success or failure is strongly influenced by how governments and private sector stakeholders organise themselves at home. The contributors, mainly from developing countries, give examples of participation with lessons for others. They show that when the system is accessed and employed effectively, it can serve the interests of poor and rich countries alike. However, a failure to communicate among interested parties at home often contributes to negative outcomes on the international front. Above all, these case studies demonstrate that the WTO creates a framework within which sovereign decision-making can unleash important opportunities or undermine the potential benefits flowing from a rules-based international environment that promotes open trade.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	x
List of abbreviations	xii
Introduction	1	(22)
Dispute settlement between developing countries: Argentina and Chilean price bands	23	(15)
Diana Tussie
Valentina Delich
Argentina and GATS: a study of the domestic determinants of GATS commitments	38	(15)
Roberto Bouzas
Hernan Soltz
Rock `n' roll in Bangladesh: protecting intellectual property rights in music	53	(10)
Abul Kalam Azad
Barbados: telecommunications liberalization	63	(15)
Linda Schmid
Services commitments: case studies from Belize and Costa Rica	78	(17)
J. P. Singh
Inter-agency policy co-ordination in Botswana	95	(14)
Kennedy K. Mbekeani
Brazil and the G20 group of developing countries	109	(11)
Pedro da Motta Veiga
Cambodia's accession to the WTO: `fast track' accession by a least developed country	120	(14)
Samnang Chea
Hach Sok
Canada and the WTO: multilevel governance, public policy-making and the WTO Auto Pact Case	134	(16)
Jacqueline D. Krikorian
The SPS Agreement and crisis management: the Chile--EU avian influenza experience	150	(17)
Claudia Orozco
Shanghai's WTO Affairs Consultation Center: working together to take advantage of WTO membership	167	(11)
Gong Baihua
Costa Rica's challenge to US restrictions on the import of underwear	178	(11)
John Breckenridge
Fiji: preparing for the end of preferences?	189	(12)
Andrew L. Stoler
The road to Cancun: the French decision-making process and WTO negotiations	201	(15)
Jean-Marie Paugam
Decision-making processes in India: the case of the agriculture negotiations	216	(15)
Shishir Priyadarshi
Protecting the geographical indication for Darjeeling tea	231	(10)
S. C. Srivastava
The Indian shrimp industry organizes to fight the threat of anti-dumping action	241	(12)
B. Bhattarcharyya
Indonesia's shrimp exports: meeting the challenge of quality standards	253	(11)
Rina Oktaviani
Erwidodo
Patents, parallel importation and compulsory licensing of HIV/AIDS drugs: the experience of Kenya	264	(20)
Ben Sihanya
Kenya's participation in the WTO: lessons learned	284	(16)
Walter Odhiambo
Paul Kamau
Dorothy McCormick
Learning by doing: the impact of a trade remedy case in Korea	300	(16)
Junsok Yang
Laos: the textile and garment industry in the post-ATC era	316	(10)
Banesaty Thephavong
Khouanchay Iemsouthi
Buavanh Vilavong
Malawi in the multilateral trading system	326	(11)
Tonia Kandiero
Malaysia: labelling regulations on natural rubber condoms and the WTO TBT Agreement	337	(12)
Norma Mansor
Noor Hasniah Kasim
Yong Sook Lu
Malaysia: strategies for the liberalization of the services sector	349	(13)
Lim Chze Cheen
Mauritius: co-operation in an economy evolving for the future	362	(12)
Andrew L. Stoler
How regional economic communities can facilitate participation in the WTO: the experience of Mauritius and Zambia	374	(20)
Sanoussi Bilal
Stefan Szepesi
Mexico's agricultural trade policies: international commitments and domestic pressure	394	(15)
Isidro Morales-Moreno
Mongolia's WTO accession: expectations and realities of WTO membership	409	(11)
Damedin Tsogtbaatar
Nepal: the role of an NGO in support of accession	420	(10)
P. R. Rajkarnikar
Nepal: exports of ayurvedic herbal remedies and SPS issues	430	(8)
Bijendra Shakya
Import prohibition as a trade policy instrument: the Nigerian experience	438	(12)
Ademola Oyejide
Olawale Ogunkola
Abiodun Bankole
The Pacific island nations: towards shared representation	450	(9)
Chakriya Bowman
Victory in principle: Pakistan's dispute settlement case on combed cotton yarn exports to the United States	459	(14)
Turab Hussain
Pakistan: the consequences of a change in the EC rice regime	473	(13)
Amir Muhammed
Wajid H. Pirzada
Philippines: stakeholder participation in agricultural policy formation	486	(16)
Donah Sharon Baracol
Philippines: adopting the transaction basis for customs valuation	502	(14)
Ramon L. Clarete
The reform of South Africa's anti-dumping regime	516	(16)
Niel Joubert
The impact of GATS on telecommunications competition in Sri Lanka	532	(23)
Malathy Knight-John
Chethana Ellepola
Thailand: conciliating a dispute on tuna exports to the EC	555	(11)
Nilaratna Xuto
Uganda's participation in WTO negotiations: institutional challenges	566	(11)
Nichodemus Rudaheranwa
Vernetta Barungi Atingi-Ego
Uruguay in the services negotiations: strategy and challenges	577	(13)
Soledad Salvador
Paola Azar
Vanuatu's suspended accession bid: second thoughts?	590	(17)
Daniel Gay
Public and private participation in agricultural negotiations: the experience of Venezuela	607	(14)
Rita Giacalone
Eduardo Porcarelli
Preparation by Vietnam's banking sector for WTO accession	621	(13)
Phan Van Sam
Vo Thanh Thu
Index	634