WTO Law and Developing Countries

by Edited by George A. Bermann , Petros C. Mavroidis

• ISBN13: 9780521862769
• ISBN10: 0521862760
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-20
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Developing countries comprise the majority of the membership of the World Trade Organization. Many developing countries believe that the welfare gains that were supposed to ensue from the establishment of the WTO and the results of the Uruguay Round remain largely elusive. Though often aggregated under the ubiquitous banner 'developing countries', their multilateral trade objectives - like their underlying policy interests and the concerns - vary considerably from country to country and are by no means homogenous. Coming off the heels of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the ongoing Doha Development Round, launched in that Middle Eastern city in the fall of 2001 and now on 'life support' so to speak, was inaugurated with much fanfare as a means of addressing the difficulties that developing countries face within the multilateral trading system. Special and differential treatment provisions in the WTO agreement in particular are the focus of much discussion in the ongoing round, and voices for change have been multiplying, due to widespread dissatisfaction with their effectiveness, enforceability, and implementation.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Developing Countries in the WTO System	p. 1
The Legal Status of Special and Differential Treatment Provisions under the WTO Agreements	p. 12
Trade Preferences to Small Developing Countries and the Welfare Costs of Lost Multilateral Liberalization	p. 36
China in the WTO 2006: "Law and Its Limitations" in the Context of TRIPS	p. 59
Developing Countries in the WTO Services Negotiations: Doing Enough?	p. 82
Comment on Marchetti	p. 125
Developing Countries and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights: Current Issues in the WTO	p. 129
Participation of Developing Countries in the WTO - New Evidence Based on the 2003 Official Records	p. 146
Comment on Nordstrom	p. 186
Developing Countries and GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement	p. 195
Representing Developing Countries in WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings	p. 213
Comment on Meagher	p. 227
Compensation and Retaliation: A Developing Country's Perspective	p. 248
Comment on Diego-Fernandez	p. 248
A Preference for Development: The Law and Economics of GSP	p. 255
Comment on Grossman and Sykes	p. 283
Comment on Grossman and Sykes	p. 292
The GSP Fallacy: A Critique of the Appellate Body's Ruling in the GSP Case on Legal, Economic, and Political/Systemic Grounds	p. 306
Is the WTO Doing Enough for Developing Countries?	p. 324
Comment on Low	p. 358
Index	p. 363
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