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Special and differential treatment (S&D) is a set of GATT provisions (GATT 1947, Article XVIII) that exempts developing countries from the same strict trade rules and disciplines of more industrialized countries. [31] That is, developed countries will treat developing countries differently.
Proposals on special and differential treatment, "based on the Doha Ministerial Declaration" of 2001, were put forward at MC12. The Doha Round is still in place "on paper". [50] The WTO recognised some continuity with Doha, referring to its Ministerial Declaration as "guiding the WTO's work on special and differential treatment since 2001". [51]
The Declaration also provides that special and differential treatment for developing countries would be an integral part of all elements of the negotiations. The Declaration took note of non-trade concerns reflected in negotiating proposals of various member countries and confirmed that they would be taken into account in the negotiations.
In general, there are three objectives of contracting differential treatment; to bring substantive equality in a framework for justice, to foster cooperation among states, and to provide incentives for states to implement their obligations.
Special and differential treatment: The negotiations have to take fully into account the principle of special and differential treatment for developing and least-developed countries. Sustainable development : The Trade and Development and Trade Environment identify and debate developmental and environmental aspects of the negotiations to ensure ...
Tragically, the outcome of the Kremlin’s special treatment by Washington over the years has been an increasingly more aggressive Russian Federation. Once indifference to Moscow’s rising ...
The Bali Package is a trade agreement resulting from the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Bali, Indonesia on 3–7 December 2013. It is aimed at lowering global trade barriers and is the first agreement reached through the WTO that is approved by all its members.
10.a Implement the principle of special and differential treatment for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, in accordance with World Trade Organization agreements 10.a.1 Proportion of tariff lines applied to imports from least developed countries and developing countries with zero-tariff C100a01