How to Get the Best Out of the Wto and How to Avoid the Pitfalls: New Publications Point the Way
International Trade Forum › Num. 1/2006, Janvier 2006
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Books on the WTO have been rolling off the presses around the globe this past year, the organization's tenth anniversary, as any Internet search will show. Some are critical, some anecdotal and some impenetrably analytical. Few provide the insight on practical experience in negotiating entry and on drawing maximum advantage from membership that developing country diplomats and negotiators, business groups, individual firms, civil society bodies and even academics and specialist journalists often say they need. The studies show, the editors say, that joining the WTO and taking advantage of WTO membership is not something that can be left to governments alone. Success, as these and other cases show, is best guaranteed by involving all stakeholders in a single economy. Developing countries negotiating in the WTO, especially those with limited global trade weight, say they have often felt vulnerable to pressure from heavyweights.
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How to Get the Best Out of the Wto and How to Avoid the Pitfalls: New Publications Point the Way
Books on the WTO have been rolling off the presses around the globe this past year, the organization's tenth anniversary, as any Internet search will show. Some are critical, some anecdotal and some impenetrably analytical. Few provide the insight on practical experience in negotiating entry and on drawing maximum advantage from membership that developing country diplomats and negotiators, business groups, individual firms, civil society bodies and even academics and specialist journalists often say they need. Three recent additions to the trade library go some way to plugging that gap, while a fourth argues that the WTO can be a powerful support for sustainable development if its members can decide how to tackle the problematic issues that it involves.
Joining the WTO and operating within its framework has been a frustrating exp...Voir le contenu complet de ce document
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