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Special and Differential Treatment Reform in the WTO: 'The Differentiated Differentiation Approach book cover

1st Edition

Special and Differential Treatment Reform in the WTO 'The Differentiated Differentiation Approach

By Aniekan Ukpe Copyright 2024
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge
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This book proposes a new approach to differentiating between developing countries in the context of special and differential treatment (SDT) in the World Trade Organisation. Offering unique insights into SDT reform in the WTO, the book proposes the method of differentiated differentiation and demonstrates its operationalization using the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement. Through identifying key... Read more

Foreword

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Contextualizing the trade and development relationship

3. Realizing the goals of special and differential treatment

4. Assessing eligibility criteria for special and differential treatment

5. Reapproaching the case for more differentiation

6. Operationalizing the differentiated differentiation approach

7. Concluding remarks and policy recommendations

Appendix

Index

 

Biography

Aniekan Ukpe is a partner at Lex Mercatoria Solicitors, an Abuja-based international trade law and policy consultancy, and a researcher in the field of international economic law. He holds a PhD in international trade law from Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands; an LLM (with distinction) from the University of Dundee, UK; and an LLB from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. Aniekan is the first author of the award-winning ‘Special and differential treatment in the WTO: framing differential treatment to achieve (real) development’ (Journal of International Trade Law & Policy)—winner of the 2022 Emerald Literati Award for Outstanding Paper.

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