This paper explains the legal and political dilemmas facing developing countries during the cold war period and contrasts them with the international position today. The first part, covering the period between the Bandung Conference and the adoption of the UN Resolutions on the New International...

Chapters relating to regulatory coherence or cooperation are becoming significant features in new preferential trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). While the existing literature has considered in detail the potential for harmonisation of standards or institutional...

Introduction -- Setting the stage: key concepts and issues -- A historical review of multilaterally agreed criteria for action on commodity prices (1947-1989) -- From market intervention to free trade and back to managed trade (1989-2011) -- Beyond the impasse : towards a new normative approach...