TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE WTO: TOWARD A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO THE ISSUE OF DEVELOPMENT STATUS AND SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT ABSTRACT World Trade Organization (WTO) members have divergent views about developing country-member status and special and differential treatment [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth CONFRONTING “DEGLOBALIZATION” IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM ABSTRACT The first two decades of this millennium were marked by major political, economic and geopolitical disruptions. This has led many analysts to predict that the world economy is entering a phase [...]

TF3 - Trade, Investment and Growth BOOSTING G20 COOPERATION FOR WTO REFORM: LEVERAGING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF PLURILATERAL INITIATIVES ABSTRACT In order to preserve the central role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in global trade it is necessary to revive the negotiating function of [...]