World Trade Organization and the Third World

The book,  World Trade Organization and  the Third World  neatly  traces  the background  against which the  General  Agreement  on Trade & Tariffs(GATT)  was  formed  with  the objective  of upholding  free and  fair trade at global level,  until the  Final Agreement  was arrived at under  GATT.  

        An overview  is made about  the results  of the  various rounds  of trade  talks /negotiations concluded  so far under  the aegis of  GATT,  in particular, about the  Uruguay  Round and its results. 

      It  also  clearly  discusses the  various measures  against unfair  trade practices, Contingency  Trade   Measures  for  Improvement  of  Global  Trade  and the  agreements   reached   so far in both traditional  and  non-traditional  trade  areas/sectors, and  their  implications on  Third  World countries  including  India.

      It  embarks  well  upon  the  experiences  of  the  developing  and  the less developed  countries  in  the  Third  World,  and  suggests  different  ways  to negotiate  in future. 

    It  has  been  well-proven   in  this  book  that  the  Ministerial  Conferences  at  WTO  level  are a bit uncertain  and  unpredictable. 

       The  book  thus  unfolds  the  deficiencies  and  imbalances  witnessed  under  the  WTO  system, and  points out  the  critical  choices  to  be  made  by  the  member  nations  of  WTO  in  future  negotiations.