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Power Politics in the WTO
Author :Aileen Kwa
Power Politics in the WTO
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  This publication deals with the decision making process in the WTO. Though formally the WTO is a one country, one-vote system, yet the actual decision-making is done by a process called "consensus," which allows the big trading powers to impose a consensus arrived at among themselves on the rest of the body. Aileen Kwa argues that the decision-making process is unjust and it has become the Achilles heel of the organization.

This study is based on extensive interviews with developing country delegates to the Doha ministerial. This is essential reading for

with an interest in one of the most powerful economic groupings of our time.

This book can be downloaded/read in PDF format from the link given below:

http://www.focusweb.org/publications/Books/power-politics-in-the-WTO.pdf
(Size: 588 Kb, App. Download Time: 08 min @ 28kbps)
 
November 25, 2002.
 
 
  © International Development
Economics Associates 2002
 

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