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3.0 Main Content 3.1 Gatt-Wto As An Instrument of Suppression
3.0 Main Content 3.1 Gatt-Wto As An Instrument of Suppression
3.0 Main Content 3.1 Gatt-Wto As An Instrument of Suppression
5.0 SUMMARY
This unit has exposed you to the major
concerns of Third World countries in the
global trade regime. The main content of
this nit include the characterization of the
GATT-WTO as an instrument by which the
demands and struggles of Third World
countries for a new international economic
order were suppressed. This led to the
dilution of the Third World’s competitiveness
and the reestablishment of US hegemony in
the global economy. This unit also dealt
with new and oppressive rules, from the
perspective of Third World countries, in the
GATT negotiations. And the major divisions
between the advanced and Third World
countries were also addressed in this unit