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Fairness in International Trade Negotiations: Developing Countries in the GATT and WTO

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  • Amrita Narlikar

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Does fairness matter in the hard bargaining and horse‐trading that is associated with trade negotiations? This paper presents a positivist analysis of the particular concepts of fairness that developing countries have appealed to in their trade negotiations within the auspices of the GATT and WTO, how these notions have evolved, and the impact that they have had on negotiated outcomes. Treating the concept of fairness as my central dependent variable, I argue that the notion of fairness can only be understood in terms of the institutional context it is embedded in, which includes institutional structure as well as the participatory processes that underlie it. I advance three hypotheses on the relationship between institutional context: the fairness discourse, and the influence and manoeuvre that member countries can have in shaping that discourse. Focusing on the role of fairness in the negotiation positions of developing countries, I explain its substance and evolution through learning and adaptation by these countries within the very particular institutions of the GATT and the WTO, and the coalitions they form a part of and interact within.

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  • Amrita Narlikar, 2006. "Fairness in International Trade Negotiations: Developing Countries in the GATT and WTO," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(8), pages 1005-1029, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:worlde:v:29:y:2006:i:8:p:1005-1029
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2006.00833.x
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