An argument for more plurilateral agreements and their value for developing countries: stemming the tide of preferential trade agreements, post-Doha

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dc.contributor.advisorLehmann, Karinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHouston-McMillan, Jasonen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-22T12:08:44Z
dc.date.available2017-09-22T12:08:44Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe latest round of multilateral trade negotiations at the WTO, the Doha Round, is deadlocked, and it is unlikely that any further significant rule-making progress will be made there. The system's faltering has resulted in an unprecedented move towards preferential trade agreements between WTO Members as alternative negotiating platforms. The result is an ever-expanding divergence of the global trading system, which gives rise to added complexity and wider discrimination than would follow from alternatives - specifically the increased use of plurilateral agreements. Preferential agreements, particularly worryingly, may also have serious consequences for developing and least-developed countries in particular. This paper argues that, in light of the stalling of the Doha Round, greater effort should be made by WTO Members to pursue plurilateral agreements in specific policy areas and to move towards a system incorporating more 'variable geometry' which will result in progress in existing areas which have seen little movement since the Doha Round began. Given the recent proliferation of Preferential Trade Agreements and their potential negative effects on rule-making and the WTO, and on developing countries, it is vital that alternatives are explored in order to promote adaptability which would result in a more effective and relevant WTO.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHouston-McMillan, J. (2017). <i>An argument for more plurilateral agreements and their value for developing countries: stemming the tide of preferential trade agreements, post-Doha</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25315en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHouston-McMillan, Jason. <i>"An argument for more plurilateral agreements and their value for developing countries: stemming the tide of preferential trade agreements, post-Doha."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25315en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHouston-McMillan, J. 2017. An argument for more plurilateral agreements and their value for developing countries: stemming the tide of preferential trade agreements, post-Doha. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Houston-McMillan, Jason AB - The latest round of multilateral trade negotiations at the WTO, the Doha Round, is deadlocked, and it is unlikely that any further significant rule-making progress will be made there. The system's faltering has resulted in an unprecedented move towards preferential trade agreements between WTO Members as alternative negotiating platforms. The result is an ever-expanding divergence of the global trading system, which gives rise to added complexity and wider discrimination than would follow from alternatives - specifically the increased use of plurilateral agreements. Preferential agreements, particularly worryingly, may also have serious consequences for developing and least-developed countries in particular. This paper argues that, in light of the stalling of the Doha Round, greater effort should be made by WTO Members to pursue plurilateral agreements in specific policy areas and to move towards a system incorporating more 'variable geometry' which will result in progress in existing areas which have seen little movement since the Doha Round began. Given the recent proliferation of Preferential Trade Agreements and their potential negative effects on rule-making and the WTO, and on developing countries, it is vital that alternatives are explored in order to promote adaptability which would result in a more effective and relevant WTO. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - An argument for more plurilateral agreements and their value for developing countries: stemming the tide of preferential trade agreements, post-Doha TI - An argument for more plurilateral agreements and their value for developing countries: stemming the tide of preferential trade agreements, post-Doha UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25315 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/25315
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHouston-McMillan J. An argument for more plurilateral agreements and their value for developing countries: stemming the tide of preferential trade agreements, post-Doha. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25315en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Commercial Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInternational Trade Lawen_ZA
dc.titleAn argument for more plurilateral agreements and their value for developing countries: stemming the tide of preferential trade agreements, post-Dohaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameLLMen_ZA
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