This compilation of 45 case studies documents different experiences among economies in addressing the challenges of participating in the WTO. Researchers with on-the-ground practical experience and connections give candid accounts, complete with problems and underlying tensions. Examples range from gardeners in the Caribbean using their mobile phones as a portable client data base, to rock music bands in Bangladesh using WTO rules to protect their commercial interests. These are not diplomatic accounts written by technocrats in Geneva but lively accounts of people striving to succeed in today's globalized economy.…mehr
This compilation of 45 case studies documents different experiences among economies in addressing the challenges of participating in the WTO. Researchers with on-the-ground practical experience and connections give candid accounts, complete with problems and underlying tensions. Examples range from gardeners in the Caribbean using their mobile phones as a portable client data base, to rock music bands in Bangladesh using WTO rules to protect their commercial interests. These are not diplomatic accounts written by technocrats in Geneva but lively accounts of people striving to succeed in today's globalized economy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Peter Gallagher is Principal of Inquit Communications.
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Figures Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Dispute settlement between developing countries: Argentina and Chilean price bands 2. Argentina and GATS: a study on the domestic determinants of GATS commitments 3. Rock'n'roll in Bangladesh: protecting intellectual property rights in music 4. Barbados: telecommunications liberalisation 5. Services commitments: case studies from Belize and Costa Rica 6. Inter-agency policy coordination in Botswana 7. Brazil and the G-20 group of developing countries 8. Cambodia's accession to WTO: 'fast tracked' accession by a least developed economy 9. Canada and the WTO: multilevel governance, public policy-making and the WTO auto pact case 10. SPS and crisis management: the Chile-EU avian influenza experience 11. Shanghai's World Trade Organization (WTO) Affairs Consultation Center: working together to take advantage of WTO membership 12. Costa Rica's challenge to US restrictions on the import of underwear 13. Fiji: preparing for the end of preferences? 14. The road to Cancún: the French decision-making process on WTO negotiations 15. Decision-making processes in India: the case of the agriculture negotiations 16. Protecting the geographical indication for Darjeeling tea 17. The Indian shrimp industry organizes to fight the threat of anti-dumping action 18. Indonesia's shrimp exports: meeting the challenge of quality standards 19. Patents, parallel importation and compulsory licensing of HIV/AIDS drugs: experience from Kenya 20. Kenya's participation in the WTO: lessons learned 21. Learning by doing: the impact of a trade remedy case in Korea 22. Laos: the textile and garment industry in the post-ATC era 23. Malawi in the multilateral trading system 24. Malaysia: labelling regulations on natural rubber condoms and the WTO TBT agreement 25. Malaysia: strategies for the liberalisation of the services sector 26. Mauritius: cooperation in an economy evolving for the future 27. How regional economic communities can facilitate participation in the WTO: the experience of Mauritius and Zambia 28. Mexico's agricultural trade policies: international commitments and domestic pressure 29. Mongolia's WTO accession: expectations and realities of WTO membership 30. Nepal: the role of an NGO in support of accession 31. Nepal: exports of ayurvedic herbal remedies and SPS issues 32. Import prohibition as a trade policy instrument: the Nigerian experience 33. The Pacific Island nations: towards shared representation 34. Victory in principle: Pakistan's dispute settlement case on combed cotton yarn exports to the United States 35. Pakistan: the consequences of a change in the EC rice regime 36. Philippines: stakeholder participation in agricultural policy formation 37. Philippines: adopting the transaction basis for customs valuation 38. The reform of South Africa's anti-dumping regime 39. What impact did the GATS have on telecoms competition in Sri Lanka? 40. Thailand: conciliating a dispute on tuna exports to the EC 41. Uganda's participation in the WTO negotiations: institutional challenges 42. Uruguay in the services negotiations: strategy and challenges 43. Vanuatu's suspended accession bid: second thoughts? 44. Public and private participation in agricultural negotiations: the experience of Venezuela 45. Vietnam's preparation for WTO accession in the banking sector.
Figures Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Dispute settlement between developing countries: Argentina and Chilean price bands 2. Argentina and GATS: a study on the domestic determinants of GATS commitments 3. Rock'n'roll in Bangladesh: protecting intellectual property rights in music 4. Barbados: telecommunications liberalisation 5. Services commitments: case studies from Belize and Costa Rica 6. Inter-agency policy coordination in Botswana 7. Brazil and the G-20 group of developing countries 8. Cambodia's accession to WTO: 'fast tracked' accession by a least developed economy 9. Canada and the WTO: multilevel governance, public policy-making and the WTO auto pact case 10. SPS and crisis management: the Chile-EU avian influenza experience 11. Shanghai's World Trade Organization (WTO) Affairs Consultation Center: working together to take advantage of WTO membership 12. Costa Rica's challenge to US restrictions on the import of underwear 13. Fiji: preparing for the end of preferences? 14. The road to Cancún: the French decision-making process on WTO negotiations 15. Decision-making processes in India: the case of the agriculture negotiations 16. Protecting the geographical indication for Darjeeling tea 17. The Indian shrimp industry organizes to fight the threat of anti-dumping action 18. Indonesia's shrimp exports: meeting the challenge of quality standards 19. Patents, parallel importation and compulsory licensing of HIV/AIDS drugs: experience from Kenya 20. Kenya's participation in the WTO: lessons learned 21. Learning by doing: the impact of a trade remedy case in Korea 22. Laos: the textile and garment industry in the post-ATC era 23. Malawi in the multilateral trading system 24. Malaysia: labelling regulations on natural rubber condoms and the WTO TBT agreement 25. Malaysia: strategies for the liberalisation of the services sector 26. Mauritius: cooperation in an economy evolving for the future 27. How regional economic communities can facilitate participation in the WTO: the experience of Mauritius and Zambia 28. Mexico's agricultural trade policies: international commitments and domestic pressure 29. Mongolia's WTO accession: expectations and realities of WTO membership 30. Nepal: the role of an NGO in support of accession 31. Nepal: exports of ayurvedic herbal remedies and SPS issues 32. Import prohibition as a trade policy instrument: the Nigerian experience 33. The Pacific Island nations: towards shared representation 34. Victory in principle: Pakistan's dispute settlement case on combed cotton yarn exports to the United States 35. Pakistan: the consequences of a change in the EC rice regime 36. Philippines: stakeholder participation in agricultural policy formation 37. Philippines: adopting the transaction basis for customs valuation 38. The reform of South Africa's anti-dumping regime 39. What impact did the GATS have on telecoms competition in Sri Lanka? 40. Thailand: conciliating a dispute on tuna exports to the EC 41. Uganda's participation in the WTO negotiations: institutional challenges 42. Uruguay in the services negotiations: strategy and challenges 43. Vanuatu's suspended accession bid: second thoughts? 44. Public and private participation in agricultural negotiations: the experience of Venezuela 45. Vietnam's preparation for WTO accession in the banking sector.
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