CiNii Books - Managing the challenges of WTO participation : 45 case studies

This 2005 compilation of 45 case studies documents disparate experiences among economies in addressing the challenges of participating in the WTO. It demonstrates that success or failure is strongly influenced by how governments and private sector stakeholders organise themselves at home. The contributors, mainly from developing countries, give examples of participation with lessons for others. They show that when the system is accessed and employed effectively, it can serve the interests of poor and rich countries alike. However, a failure to communicate among interested parties at home often contributes to negative outcomes on the international front. Above all, these case studies demonstrate that the WTO creates a framework within which sovereign decision-making can unleash important opportunities or undermine the potential benefits flowing from a rules-based international environment that promotes open trade.

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1. Dispute settlement between developing countries: Argentina and Chilean price bands
2. Argentina and GATS: a study on the domestic determinants of GATS commitments
3. Rock'n'roll in Bangladesh: protecting intellectual property rights in music
4. Barbados: telecommunications liberalisation
5. Services commitments: case studies from Belize and Costa Rica
6. Inter-agency policy coordination in Botswana
7. Brazil and the G-20 group of developing countries
8. Cambodia's accession to WTO: 'fast tracked' accession by a least developed economy
9. Canada and the WTO: multilevel governance, public policy-making and the WTO auto pact case
10. SPS and crisis management: the Chile-EU avian influenza experience
11. Shanghai's World Trade Organization (WTO) Affairs Consultation Center: working together to take advantage of WTO membership
12. Costa Rica's challenge to US restrictions on the import of underwear
13. Fiji: preparing for the end of preferences?
14. The road to Cancun: the French decision-making process on WTO negotiations
15. Decision-making processes in India: the case of the agriculture negotiations
16. Protecting the geographical indication for Darjeeling tea
17. The Indian shrimp industry organizes to fight the threat of anti-dumping action
18. Indonesia's shrimp exports: meeting the challenge of quality standards
19. Patents, parallel importation and compulsory licensing of HIV/AIDS drugs: experience from Kenya
20. Kenya's participation in the WTO: lessons learned
21. Learning by doing: the impact of a trade remedy case in Korea
22. Laos: the textile and garment industry in the post-ATC era
23. Malawi in the multilateral trading system
24. Malaysia: labelling regulations on natural rubber condoms and the WTO TBT agreement
25. Malaysia: strategies for the liberalisation of the services sector
26. Mauritius: cooperation in an economy evolving for the future
27. How regional economic communities can facilitate participation in the WTO: the experience of Mauritius and Zambia
28. Mexico's agricultural trade policies: international commitments and domestic pressure
29. Mongolia's WTO accession: expectations and realities of WTO membership
30. Nepal: the role of an NGO in support of accession
31. Nepal: exports of ayurvedic herbal remedies and SPS issues
32. Import prohibition as a trade policy instrument: the Nigerian experience
33. The Pacific Island nations: towards shared representation
34. Victory in principle: Pakistan's dispute settlement case on combed cotton yarn exports to the United States
35. Pakistan: the consequences of a change in the EC rice regime
36. Philippines: stakeholder participation in agricultural policy formation
37. Philippines: adopting the transaction basis for customs valuation
38. The reform of South Africa's anti-dumping regime
39. What impact did the GATS have on telecoms competition in Sri Lanka?
40. Thailand: conciliating a dispute on tuna exports to the EC
41. Uganda's participation in the WTO negotiations: institutional challenges
42. Uruguay in the services negotiations: strategy and challenges
43. Vanuatu's suspended accession bid: second thoughts?
44. Public and private participation in agricultural negotiations: the experience of Venezuela
45. Vietnam's preparation for WTO accession in the banking sector.

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