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8 - Developing countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2026

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This chapter focuses on the Trade Policy Review Mechanism as a mechanism for the implementation of the World Trade Organization code, particularly as it affects 'developing' countries. It highlights some of the general problems with respect to mechanisms within the framework of GATT that facilitate the implementation of that agreement in so far as 'developing' countries are concerned. The analysis is based mainly on the experience of ten 'developing' countries, as follows: Morocco 1989; Colombia 1990; Thailand 1991; Nigeria 1991; Indonesia 1991; Ghana 1992; Egypt 1992; Brazil 1992; Bangladesh 1992; and Uruguay 1992. The relationship of developing countries to the international trading order and international enforcement mechanisms is influenced by the following: the availability of resources in relation to information and expertise; the trade-related institutional structure; and the interaction of the rest of the domestic economic structure with international trade-related issues.

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