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Development and the World Trade Organization : Proposal for the Agreement on Development Facilitation and the Council for Trade and Development in the WTO

Lee, Yong-Shik - 2013

Facilitating economic development of developing countries has become an important agenda in the world trading system …, currently represented by the World Trade Organization, will depend on bridging these gaps between developed and developing … regulatory reform to promote development in the current system. The paper also proposes organizational reform in the World Trade …

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The long and winding road-path towards facilitation of development in the WTO : reflections on the Doha Round and beyond

Yi, Yong-sik - In: Law and development review 9 (2016) 2, pp. 437-465

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Towards Half Time in the Doha Development Agenda

Curtis, John M.; Ciuriak, Dan - 2010

On March 13-14, 2003, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade convened an informal meeting of leading observers of international trade and investment to discuss prospects for the Doha Development Agenda. This paper represents a thematic summary of those discussions, which were...

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Facilitating Economic Development in the World Trading System : Proposal for Development Facilitation Tariff (DFT) and Development Facilitation Subsidy (DFS)

Lee, Yong-Shik - 2007

While the objectives of the World Trade Organization include promotion of economic development for developing countries … stabilizing world trade and inhibiting state interference with world trade, they also have significant implications for tariff and …

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Trade and Competition Policy in the Developing World : Is There a Role for the WTO?

Gifford, Daniel J.; Kudrle, Robert T. - 2014

This paper considers the possibilities that the member states of the WTO would adopt some kind of antitrust provision. Initially, the paper reviews the historical relation of competition policy to trade policy, from the Havana Conference to the present. It then reviews the conflicts between the...

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Agricultural trade and development : a value chain perspective

Maertens, Miet; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2015 - Manuscript date: April 2015

The system of global agricultural and food trade is undergoing rapid processes of change, with important implications for economic development. In this paper we document and discuss these changes; including the rapid growth and structural change in agri-food trade, the increased consolidation in...

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Caribbean Countries in the Doha Round : Dealing with Preference Erosion and Beyond

Jones, Peter W. - 2006

Improving market access in industrial countries and retaining preferences have been the Caribbean's two key objectives in the Doha Round trade negotiations. The literature argues that Caribbean negotiators may have overlooked the potential market access gains in developing countries, where trade...

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