To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...

Schonungslose Kritik des aus Uganda stammenden Ökonomen und politischen Aktivisten am Kapitalismus, dessen internationale Spielregeln in der Welthandelsorganisation WTO von den mächtigen Staaten des Westens vorgegeben und global durchgesetzt werden. (2)

The trade facilitation negotiations have been one of the more active topics in the Doha negotiations. At the same time, extensive reforms have been put in place among WTO members, including a number of developing Members. This paper focuses on how a WTO agreement might support the process of...