The WTO's Regulation of Preferential Trading Agreements in Favour of Developing Countries

12 Pages Posted: 14 Oct 2013

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David A. Collins

The City Law School, City, University of London

Date Written: October 11, 2013

Abstract

This paper examines the compliance of preferential trade agreements in favour of developing countries including the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) scheme and the European Union's Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA)s with the law of the World Trade Organization (WTO). As a consequence of WTO caselaw, states are free to discriminate among developing states in their GSPs, as long as this is based on transparent and objective criteria. EPAs, which are structured as traditional, reciprocal trade as well as investment agreements, will be evaluated under the WTO's rules for normal preferential arrangements, the legal tests for which remain relatively indeterminate.

Suggested Citation

Collins, David A., The WTO's Regulation of Preferential Trading Agreements in Favour of Developing Countries (October 11, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2339102 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2339102

David A. Collins (Contact Author)

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