An Introduction To Wto Agreements; Author: Lal Das, Bhagirath; Author: Das, Bhagirath Lal; Paperback (C Format)

Author: Lal Das, Bhagirath; Author: Das, Bhagirath Lal
Trade & Development Issues & the World Trade Organization; Paperback (C Format)
160 pages
Published: June 1998
Zed Books
ISBN: 1856495825

The World Trade Organization (WTO), the successor to GATT, is rapidly establishing itself as the third pillar of the Bretton Woods institutions alongside the World Bank and the IMF. This book, by an author who was intimately involved in the Uruguay Round which led to the creation of the WTO, is an indispensable and concise explanation of what the WTO agreements actually provide for. It deals with the full range of technical provisions and issues, explaining where necessary the background, terms involved, and implications of the new provisions. Together with its companion volume which criticizes the Agreements from the point of the view of the developing countries, it provides public officials, NGO leaders and economists in general with an essential explanation of the new rules goThe World Trade Organisation (WTO), the successor to GATT, is rapidly establishing itself as the third pillar of the Bretton Woods institutions alongside the World Bank and the IMF. This is an explanation of the agreements which led to its establishment.