The dissatisfaction of developing countries with the new Trade Round surfaced first in the WTO meeting in Seattle in … bias in the world trading system against developing countries. Such bias prevailed right from the time of the inception of … industrializers and the failure of recent across-the-board and universal trade liberalization, he proposes the necessary changes in …

Abstract This author sheds some light on the theoretical arguments on the use of selectivity and uniformity of trade … policy in trade and industrialization for targeting industries and firms and provides a brief historical review of practices … preconditions for implementing “selective” (targeted) trade and industrial policies. Yet more, he discusses the implications of the …

This study of regional South-South (S-S) trade and cooperation in East, South and South-East Asian countries (ESSEA …) aims to provide an economic rationale for S-S trade; shed some light on the extent and pattern of S-S trade in the ESSEA … region; examine the dynamic forces behind the expansion of such trade, and its shortcomings and vulnerabilities; propose …

across-the-board and universal trade liberalization prescribed by neoliberals, he proposes the necessary changes in WTO rules …

of least developed countries. LDCs are marginalized in international trade and output, yet they are highly integrated … into the world economy, suffer from structural weaknesses, balance of payments and fiscal constraints; and they are …-mature trade liberalization and “market oriented” strategies imposed on them. As a result, despite the acceleration of growth in …