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The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law edited by Bethlehem, Daniel; McRae, Donald; Neufeld, Rodney; Van Damme, Isabelle (8th January 2009)
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Part IV Trade and … The New Agenda and Linkage Issues, Ch.17 Trade and Development

Hunter Nottage

From: The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law

Edited By: Daniel Bethlehem, Donald McRae, Rodney Neufeld, Isabelle Van Damme

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Series:
Oxford Handbooks in Law
Published in print:
08 January 2009
ISBN:
9780199231928

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2015. All Rights Reserved.date: 09 December 2019

Subject(s):
International trade — Development — Developing countries
A paramount challenge for the WTO this millennium will be the extent to which it assists the economic development of the world’s poor. Over two thirds of WTO Members are developing or least-developed countries (LDCs). The legitimacy of the multilateral trading system will be undermined unless WTO rules further these Members’ development objectives. The launch of the current trade round as the Doha ‘Development’ Agenda reflects the immediacy of the challenge, yet development has been an issue of central importance since the inception of the GATT in 1947. This...
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