Strengthening Developing Country Coalitions in WTO Negotiations: Is IBSAC (India, Brazil, South Africa, China) the Right Forum?

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Debashis Chakraborty

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Pritam Banerjee

Deutsche Post DHL

Dipankar Sengupta

Department of Economics, Jammu University

Date Written: January 15, 2011

Abstract

The IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) Dialogue Forum came into being in middle of 2003 with the meeting of the heads of Governments of the three countries on the sidelines of the G8 Evian Summit. The countries have been part of the G-20 negotiating forum at the WTO and hold an important position among the developing countries. The article analyzes the cohesion among the IBSAC members and comments on its future outlook.

Keywords: Trade policy, WTO, Trade Negotiations

JEL Classification: F13, F51

Suggested Citation

Chakraborty, Debashis and Banerjee, Pritam and Sengupta, Dipankar, Strengthening Developing Country Coalitions in WTO Negotiations: Is IBSAC (India, Brazil, South Africa, China) the Right Forum? (January 15, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1747697 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1747697

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