The WTO has not been able to recover since the collapse of the Doha Round in July 2008. Several ministerial conferences including the Buenos Aires meeting in December 2017 failed to reach agreement. The US Trump Administration launched a campaign to reform the WTO in 2018 and 2019. This book...

Trade and investment are of paramount importance to achieve sustainable development thereby eradicating poverty. Developing countries were strongly arguing on this issue. Their argument emanates from the fact that the terms of trade between the developing and developed countries are unfair. All...

BS Chimni, Developing countries and the GATT/WTO system : some reflections on the idea of free trade and the Doha round trade negotiations -- Jeffrey L. Dunoff, Dysfunction, diversion, and the debate over preferences : (how) do preferential trade policies work? -- J. Michael Finger, Trade and...