Nobel laureate Amartya Sen sees development as the process of expanding human freedoms. Applying Amartya Sen`s definition of development to the trade arena, the author identifies four elements of the development dimension in the multilateral trading system, viz. fair trade, capacity-building,...

The paper argues that South Africa’s participation in the World Trade Organization since the birth of its democracy in 1994 was informed by its domestic development challenges. It claims that South Africa’s values were derived from its long struggle against apartheid and its transition to a...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round of negotiations has been at an impasse since December 2008. Several academics and opinion makers have argued recently that the Doha Round is 'dead'. This paper discusses the US narrative on the reasons for the impasse in the Doha Round and the way...