Are Developing And Least Developed Countries Benefiting?
Louise Poywing L.H.PoyWing@dundee.ac.uk lpoywing@energy.gov.tt Abstract: One of the objectives of the WTO members is to ensure that developing and least developed countries secure a share in the growth of international trade commensurate with the needs of their economic development. To this end, there has evolved a system of special and differential treatment under the various Agreements of the WTO as well as under the Dispute Settlement Understanding of the WTO. There is, however, growing concern as to whether developing and least developed countries are genuinely benefiting from these special and differential treatment provisions under the Dispute settlement Understanding. This critical assessment of the Special and Differential Treatment provisions under the DSU of the WTO reveals that these provisions are not effective in addressing the needs of developing and least developed countries.
