Developing countries and the multilateral trading system : from the GATT to the Uruguay Round and the future

著者

• Srinivasan, T. N.

書誌事項

Developing countries and the multilateral trading system : from the GATT to the Uruguay Round and the future

T.N. Srinivasan

Westview, 2000

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-137) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

In this work, T.N. Srinivasan evaluates the interaction between developing countries and the multilateral trading system since World War II and describes the achievements and failures of the Uruguay Round of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations in that context. Among other issues, the author addresses possible linkages between trade policies and environmental and labor standards, the opportunities and threats regionalism poses to a global trading system, and the consequences of cooperation between the World Trade Organization (WTO), the IMF, and the World Bank for developing countries. A new postscript provides information on the most current developments in multilateral economic institutions and trading. The purpose of this work is to access the interaction between developing countries and the multilateral trading system from the end of World War II to the present, and to place the achievements and failures of the Uruguay Round (UR) in that context. The author traces both the history of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) since its origin in 1947 and the failure soon thereafter to establish the International Trade Organization (ITO) that would have subsumed it. A discussion on the extent to which the flaws of GATT have been rectified in the newly established World Trade Organization (WTO) follows. Also, a brief account of the UR agreement with a quantitative assessment of the benefits of trade barrier reductions, and a critical look at the agreements on other issues are presented. Further, the evolution of developing countries participation in the GATT and the incorporation of concerns for development in the GATT articles are described. The possible future linkages between trade policies and environmental and labor standards, as well as the dangers of linkages, are addressed. Next, the opportunities and threats regionalism poses to a liberal global trading and investment order are explored, and the institutional reforms necessary for the integration of developing countries into the global economy are discussed. The work closes with an analysis of the impact that possible interactions between the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank would have on developing countries. A new postscript provides information on the most current developments in multilateral economic institutions and trading.

目次

• Introduction
• The GATT, the ITO, and the WTO: Geneva, 1947 to Marrakesh, 1994 through Havana, 19471948
• Developing Countries and the GATT: Havana, 19471948 to Tokyo, 1979
• The GATT: Between Tokyo, 1979 and Marrakesh, 1994: A Negotiating History
• Achievements and Failures of the Uruguay Round: Market Access for Goods
• Issues Other than Market Access for Goods: Services, TRIMS and TRIPS, Safeguards, Dispute Settlement, and Non-Tariff Measures
• Subregionalism, Regionalism, and Multilateralism
• Trade, the Environment, and Labor Standards
• Making the Best Out of the PostUruguay Round World: Institutional Innovations and Reforms in Developing Countries
• Cooperation Among the Multilateral Economic Institutions
• Summary and Conclusions
• Postscript

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA48724896
• ISBN:
  • 0813367913
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Boulder, Colo.
• ページ数/冊数: x, 146 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 337.109
• 件名:
  • BLSH : General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (...Organisation...) -- History
  • BLSH : Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
  • LCSH : Developing countries -- Economic conditions
  • LCSH : Developing countries -- Commerce