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Auteur:	Peter Gallagher
Titel:	Guide to the WTO and Developing Countries
Uitgever:	Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN:	9789041178985
ISBN boekversie:	9789041197993
Prijs:	€ 248.19

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Categorie:	International trade
Taal:	English
Imprint:	Kluwer Law International B.V

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\u003cp\u003eDeveloping countries comprise a two-thirds majority of the membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO), with nearly 30 of these classed by the UN as being among the 48 least-developed countries in the world. In order to ensure the equitable participation of these countries in the benefits of the global trading system, the GATT Uruguay Round Agreements that created the WTO accorded special and differential treatment to developing countries.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis guide covers these provisions of the WTO Agreements, with detailed information on how developing countries can benefit from special rules governing such areas as:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• access to developed country markets in all major commodities and services;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• the dispute settlement process;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• trade policy review;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• foreign direct investment;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• environmental and labour standards; and\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e• technical assistance.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Guide also offers the reader case studies on how some developing country members of the WTO (Uganda, India, and Côte d'Ivoire) are making progress in working with the obligations and the benefits provided to them by the WTO Agreements.\u003c/p\u003e