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1 January 1999
Developing countries have joined the WTO in large numbers, in the expectation that its objectives of rule-based liberal trade will foster development. They will influence, and be affected by, the flurry of new negotiations scheduled for the turn of the millennium.
1 January 1999
Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) are fashionable. Many developing countries are, or are likely to become, involved In negotiating such arrangements. But do they advance or retard multilateralist and developmental objectives?
1 January 1999
The Uruguay Round began a process of reinforcing rules and liberalising trade in temperate agricultural goods. Developing countries in aggregate are likely to benefit eventually, but much work still has to be done and some states and socio-economic groups may face significant adjustment problems.
1 January 1999
The textile and clothing trade is of major importance for developing countries, including the poorest, and it will undergo substantial change over the next decade. The comprehensive system of protectionism, with the quantitative restrictions of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) at its heart, is being dismantled.
1 January 1999
How far do global markets need global competition rules? The question is under review both in the WTO and in other fora, such as the OECD. Developing countries want to see tougher rules applied to multinational corporations (MNCs) and less anti-dumping, but not to be forced into adopting specific WTO-defined rules.
1 January 1999
The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) is the most comprehensive international agreement on intellectual property rights (IPRs), supplementing the basic World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Conventions with substantive obligations within WTO disciplines.
1 January 1999
Services trade and investment are increasingly important for developing countries. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) set benchmarks and a framework for future liberalisation. So far the GATS process has not achieved significant additional liberalisation.
1 January 1999
During the next WTO Round there will be strong calls explicitly to integrate environmental issues into the trade agenda.
1 January 1999
Negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) increasingly affect cross-border investment, as many current trade issues have an investment dimension. In consequence, the European Commission has included investment in its proposed list of agenda items for a comprehensive "Millennium Round".
1 January 1999
This Briefing "fills in the gaps" with analysis of the expanding remit of trade policy, the role of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU), the future of preferences, and the challenge of measuring the impact of trade policy on development and the relief of poverty.