WTO for trade and development post-Doha

Journal of International Economic Law

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 553-570

  Chang, Seung Wha ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 34548390588     PISSN: 13693034     EISSN: 14643758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jiel/jgm029     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. See Constantine Michalopoulos, 'Developing Countries' Participating in the World Trade Organization,' World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper 1906 (1998), at 22, available at http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/ WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/1998/03/01/000009265_3980429111520/Rendered/PDF/ multi0page.pdf.
2. See WTO Secretariat, Implementation of Special and Differential Treatment Provisions in WTO Agreements and Provisions, (12 September 2001), WT/COMTD/W/77/Rev.1, para 3.
3. Ernst-Ulrich Petersman, 'Introduction (to Mini-Symposium on Developing Countries in the Doha Round)' 8 JIEL (2005), 347, at 351.
4. WTO Ministerial Declaration, WT/MIN(01)/DEC/1 (20 November 2001), adopted on 14 November 2001.
5. Joint Communication from the African Group in the WTO, 'Special and Differential Treatment Provisions,' TN/CTS/W/3/Rev.2 (17 July 2002), at 22.
6. For individual country Members' divergent views see e.g. Chairman's Note on the Meetings of 7 and 18 October 2002, TN/CTD/M/7 (30 April 2003) at 28-31;
7. Chairman's Note on the Meeting of 1 June 2006, TN/CTD/M/25 (3 August 2006), at 3-4.
8. Ibid.
9. See e.g. Communication by Kenya on behalf of the African Group, 'Analysis of the Twenty-Eight Agreement-Specific Proposals,' TN/CTD/W/29 (9 June 2006).
10. See e.g. Communication from Switzerland to the CTD in Special Session, 'Special Session on Special and Differential Treatment,' TN/CTD/W/14 (13 September 2002).
11. See e.g. Chairman's Note on the Meeting of 21 and 25 November 2002, TN/CTD/M/13 (1 April 2003), at 3-5.
12. See below n 37-38 and accompanying texts.
13. WTO General Council, Decision on Doha Work Programme, adopted on 1 August 2004, WT/L/579 (2 August 2004).
14. For an evaluation of the July Package, see Faizel Ismail, 'A Development Perspective on the WTO July 2004 General Council Decision,' 8 JIEL (2005) 377, at 398-403.
15. For this approach, see Chairman's Note on the Meeting of 7 December 2004, TN/CTD/M/18 (27 January 2005), at 1-2.
16. Ibid, at 2.
17. This approach apparently was influenced by a research paper which was presented on 6 December 2004 by International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), entitled 'Situational Approach to Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO: An Exploratory Exercise,' http://www.ictsd.org/dlogue/ 2004-12-06/Situational%20Approach%20Revised.pdf (visited on 16 June 2007)
18. See above n 14, at 3.
19. Ministerial Declaration, Doha Work Programme, adopted on 18 December 2005, WT/MIN(05)/DEC (22 December 2005).
20. Chairman's Note on the Meeting of 6 March 2006, TN/CTD/M/23 (10 April 2006), at 2.
21. Report by the Chairman to the General Council, Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Development, TN/CTS/19 (7 May 2007), at 1-2.
22. Ibid, at 2-3.
23. Ibid, at 2.
24. See above, n 8, at 25.
25. See above, n 8.
26. Ibid, at 25.
27. See e.g. Chairman's Note on the Meeting of 1 June 2006, TN/CTD/M/25 (3 August 2006), at 3-4.
28. See above, n 8, at 22-23.
29. For the CTDSS Chairman's summary of divergent views on this, see Report by the Chairman to the General Council, Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Development, TN/CTD/12 (28 July 2005), at 1.
30. Ibid.
31. See above, n 18, Annex F.
32. For a brief summary of these proposals, see Bernard Hoekman, 'Operationalizing the Concept of Policy Space in the WTO: Beyond Special and Differential Treatment,' 8 JIEL (2005) 405, at 412-15.
33. Christopher Stevens, 'The Future of SDT for Developing Countries in the WTO, Institute for Developing Studies,' Sussex, Working Paper 163 (May 2002).
34. Susan Prowse, 'The Role of International and National Agencies in Trade-Related Capacity Building,' 25(9) World Economy (2002) 1235-61, also available at http://www.unido.org/file-storage/download/?file_id=12962 (visited on 16 June 2007).
35. Zhen Kun Wang and Alan Winters, 'Putting 'Humpty' Together Again: Including Developing Countries in a Consensus for the WTO,' CEPR Policy Paper No. 4 (2000).
36. Bernard Hoekman, Constantine Michalpoulos, and L. Alan Winters, 'Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO After Cancun', 27(4) The World Economy (2003) 481.
37. Bernard Hoekman, above, n 31, at 413.
38. Ibid.
39. See OECD, 'Analytical Criteria for Calibrating Provisions for Special and Differential Treatment Across Different Beneficiaries,' (28 April 2003), TD/TC/WP(2002)44/Rev2 & ANN. For an initial publication of the OECD that suggested differentiation, see OECD, The Development Dimension of Trade (2001).
40. See above n 16.
41. See above, n 14, at 3.
42. See above n 14.
43. Alexander Keck and Patrick Low, Special and nhDifferential Treatment in the WTO: Why, When and How?, WTO Staff Working Paper ERSD-2004-03 (May 2004), also available at http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/ersd200403_e.doc.
44. See above, n 31.
45. Ibid, at 417.