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The World Trade Organisation and Africa's Marginalisation

The World Trade Organisation and Africa's Marginalisation Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 53, No. 1, 1999 The World Trade Organisation and Africa’ s Marginalisation Y T ASH ANDON (United Nations Development Program Head Of® ce, Harare) Marginalisation of Africa at Uruguay In January 1995, African states put their signature on the Uruguay Round of trade liberalisation. Although some of them have not yet rati® ed the Agreement, for all intents and purposes, the Agreement is already being implemented. It is too late for Africa to change it. Uruguay was the eighth round of tariff negotiations since the end of the Second World War. It was also the most radical. Uruguay surpassed all other rounds in taking matters well beyond what was traditionally considered as `trade’ . By an ingenious device called `trade-related’ , Uruguay brought under its purview matters such as intellectual property (until then, a jealously guarded agenda of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)), investments (until then regarded as part of capital movements, not trade, and therefore a ® t subject for the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the bourses of the world), procurement (especially government procurement, a closely protected terrain of governments since it concerns social policy), and labour http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of International Affairs Taylor & Francis

The World Trade Organisation and Africa's Marginalisation

Tandon, Yash
Australian Journal of International Affairs , Volume 53 (1): 12 – Apr 1, 1999
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Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 53, No. 1, 1999 The World Trade Organisation and Africa’ s Marginalisation Y T ASH ANDON (United Nations Development Program Head Of® ce, Harare) Marginalisation of Africa at Uruguay In January 1995, African states put their signature on the Uruguay Round of trade liberalisation. Although some of them have not yet rati® ed the Agreement, for all intents and purposes, the Agreement is already being implemented. It is too late for Africa to change it. Uruguay was the eighth round of tariff negotiations since the end of the Second World War. It was also the most radical. Uruguay surpassed all other rounds in taking matters well beyond what was traditionally considered as `trade’ . By an ingenious device called `trade-related’ , Uruguay brought under its purview matters such as intellectual property (until then, a jealously guarded agenda of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)), investments (until then regarded as part of capital movements, not trade, and therefore a ® t subject for the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the bourses of the world), procurement (especially government procurement, a closely protected terrain of governments since it concerns social policy), and labour

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Published: Apr 1, 1999

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