Analytical Note, July 2002

Backgound paper in the context of the work programme of the WTO working group on Trade, Debt and Finance.

This paper provides a general background to the issues of Trade, Debt, and Finance, and what role they may have in future World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations envisioned through the Working Group on Trade, Debt, and Finance (WGTDF).

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Analytical Note, May 2002

Review of the Existing Special and Differential Treatment Provisions: Implementing the Doha Mandate.

By placing Special and Differential Treatment (hereafter referred to as ‘S&DT’) at the heart of the WTO Agreements, the Doha Ministerial Declaration explicitly acknowledged that S&DT is a fully accepted core principle in the WTO legal regime. (more…)