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CONTENTS
Preface
Acronyms and abbreviations
- MULTILATERALISM
AND REGIONALISM: ENHANCING
INTEGRATION OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INTO THE
MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM THROUGH
REGIONALISM
Introduction
- Situation in the ESCAP region
- Assessing the regional approach to liberalization:
benefits and costs
- Moving regionalism forward
- Primacy of the multilateral trading system
- Conclusion
- REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES
ON TRADE LIBERALIZATION
INITIATIVES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NEEDS OF
LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN THE ESCAP REGION
Introduction
- Economic development of LDCs over the last decade
- Trade policy environment
- The importance of accession to WTO for LDCs in
the ESCAP region
- Future trade liberalization initiatives and key
LDC issues
- Integrated framework and the role of ESCAP in the
provision of technical assistance
- MARKET ACCESS
ISSUES FOR DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES IN THE ESCAP REGION IN FUTURE WTO
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Introduction
- Post-Uruguay Round market access barriers
- Non-tariff measures
- Domestic reforms
- Preferential arrangements
- Negotiation strategies for the next WTO round
- Conclusions
- REVIEW OF PROGRESS
ACHIEVED WITH REGARD TO
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FOURTH WTO MINISTERIAL
CONFERENCE, IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES AND
BUILT-IN AGENDA
- Preparations by Governments for the Fourth WTO
Ministerial Conference
- Work in WTO
- Status of WTO accessions
- Other issues
- WTO NEGOTIATIONS
ON AGRICULTURE AND
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE ESCAP REGION
Introduction
- Development role of agriculture in the ESCAP
region
- The WTO Agreement on Agriculture and
concerns of developing countries
- Proposals of developing countries with a
comparative advantage in agriculture
- Proposals of major industrialized countries
- Proposals to address food security, development
and related issues
- The way forward for developing countries of the
ESCAP region
- SERVICES TRADE
LIBERALIZATION: DEVELOPMENT
DIMENSION AND ISSUES IN GATS 2000 NEGOTIATIONS
Introduction
- Services sector – development dimension
- Structure and functioning of GATS and its
liberalization commitments
- GATS 2000: issues and status
- Technical cooperation and capacity-building
- Concluding remarks
Annexes
- Share of services in GDP of ESCAP members and
associate members
- Architecture of the General Agreement on Trade
in Services
- Summary of commitments
- TRADE AND COMPETITION
POLICY IN WTO
- Progress in the WTO Working Group on Inter-
action between Trade and Competition Policy
- The Experience of the Republic of Korea
- Possibility and implications of a future round
of negotiations
- TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT:
CHALLENGES OUT-
WEIGHING THE OPPORTUNITIES
Introduction
- Discussions of the Committee on Trade and
Environment
- GATT/WTO provisions on environment and
market access: implications for developing
countries
- Promoting sustainable development by devising
mutually sustainable trade and environmental
policies
- Implications of environment-related issues in
a future comprehensive round for developing
countries of the ESCAP region
- Conclusions
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