The Evolving Global Trade Architecture
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The Evolving Global Trade Architecture

9781847202185 Edward Elgar Publishing
Dilip K. Das, Professor, SolBridge International School of Business, South Korea
Publication Date: 2007 ISBN: 978 1 84720 218 5 Extent: 232 pp
This comprehensive and accessible book examines the evolution of the multilateral trade regime in the ever-changing global economic environment, particularly during the WTO era and the ongoing Doha Round. Professor Das explores how the creation of the multilateral trade regime, or the GATT/WTO system, has been fraught with difficulties. He describes the ways, by means of various rounds of negotiations, the multilateral trade regime has constantly adjusted itself to the new realities of the global economy.

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This comprehensive and accessible book examines the evolution of the multilateral trade regime in the ever-changing global economic environment, particularly during the WTO era and the ongoing Doha Round. Professor Das explores how the creation of the multilateral trade regime, or the GATT/WTO system, has been fraught with difficulties. He describes the ways, by means of various rounds of negotiations, the multilateral trade regime has constantly adjusted itself to the new realities of the global economy.

One glance at the recent history indicates that the evolution of the multilateral trade regime was far from even-handed and steady. The GATT/WTO system was repeatedly pushed to the brink of utter and ignominious disaster. Yet, as the author illustrates, the participating economies persevered. Consequently, the fabric of multilateral trade regime is stronger, its foundation deeper and its framework wider now than it was a generation ago. Unlike the GATT era, membership of the present trade regime is close to universal. The author concludes that of the two phases, the latter has turned out to be the more arduous, intricate and complex phase of evolution.

Students and scholars of economics, international trade, international political economy and international relations will find this study of great interest. The definitions and explanations of terminology and advanced concepts make the book accessible to those without an extensive economic background.
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‘This book is useful for scholars and practitioners who did not follow the GATT/WTO negotiations and who desire to acquire a comprehensive background on the subject.’
– Mordechai E. Kreinin, Journal of Economic Literature
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Contents: Preface 1. Development, Developing Economies and the Multilateral Trade Regime 2. Necessity for a Development Round 3. Special Treatment and Policy Space for the Developing Economies in the Multilateral Trade Regime 4. The Fifth Ministerial Conference: The Wheels Come Off at Cancún 5. Enter the Developing Economies: Transforming the Landscape of the Multilateral Trade Regime 6. The Sixth Ministerial Conference: The Lean Hong Kong Harvest 7. The Doha Round: A Disenchanting Evolutionary Process Bibliography Index
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