WTO at the Margins: Small States and the Multilateral Trading System - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521861438 ISBN 13: 9780521861434

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

At a pivotal point in the history of the WTO, when development issues are at the heart of negotiations, how the larger and more powerful members address the legitimate concerns of its poorest and most vulnerable members will shape the perception of the institution throughout the century. This book aims not only to document almost ten years of experience of small states with the WTO but also to explain this experience. It takes an evidential theory approach to explaining the features characteristic to the trade and economic development of small island states. It then highlights the issues of concern to these states in relation to negotiations at the WTO. The experience of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries with the WTO dispute settlement mechanism is discussed, and the book ends with a discussion of key negotiating issues for the island states and institutional arrangements to facilitate reform.

About this title

Book Description:

How the larger and more powerful members of the WTO address the legitimate concerns of its poorest and most vulnerable members will shape the perception of the institution throughout the century. This book aims to document and explain almost ten years of experience of small states with the WTO.

About the Author:

ROMAN GRYNBERG is Advisor and Head of International Trade and Regional Co-operation for the Economic Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521861438
• ISBN 13: 9780521861434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 758
• Editor: Grynberg Roman