Trade Policy Note Final-rev08 - Development
Trade Policy Note Final-rev08 - Development
Trade Policy Note Final-rev08 - Development
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Table of Contents<br />
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Page<br />
I. Aims and objectives...........................................................................................8<br />
Background concepts, past and current debates 8<br />
The case and options for widening the policy space 8<br />
Effective design and implementation 9<br />
Coverage 9<br />
II. <strong>Policy</strong> Space for Future National <strong>Development</strong> Strategies ..........................10<br />
Theoretical Context 10<br />
The Expanded Reach of International <strong>Trade</strong> Obligations 11<br />
FTAs are More Constraining 13<br />
<strong>Development</strong> Strategies and <strong>Trade</strong> Negotiations 13<br />
Preparing a Strategy 14<br />
The WTO Multilateral Negotiations and the MDGs 15<br />
III.<br />
Tariffs and Industrial <strong>Policy</strong>...........................................................................19<br />
Tariff Liberalization and Bindings 20<br />
Tariff <strong>Policy</strong> and Industrialization Strategy 22<br />
Services and Industrial <strong>Policy</strong> 25<br />
Subsidies 26<br />
IV. Exports and Poverty........................................................................................27<br />
Export Growth and the MDGs 27<br />
Increase Productivity 29<br />
Promote equity 29<br />
Ensure sustainability 30<br />
Elements of a Comprehensive pro-Poor Export Strategy 30<br />
Access to Export Markets 31<br />
V. Agriculture and Food Security.......................................................................32<br />
Complex Multilateral Regime 32<br />
Further Agricultural Liberalization 34<br />
Liberalization and Food Security 36<br />
Gender and Agricultural <strong>Trade</strong> 39<br />
VI. <strong>Trade</strong> in Services and <strong>Development</strong> Strategies.............................................40<br />
Services and the MDGs 40<br />
Universal Access to Services 40<br />
Services and Competitiveness 41<br />
Negotiations on <strong>Trade</strong> in Services 41<br />
A Strong Regulatory Framework is Required 42<br />
Investment <strong>Policy</strong> is Central to <strong>Trade</strong> Negotiations on Services 43<br />
VII. Investment, Jobs for Youth and Access to Technologies ..............................43<br />
International Commitments on Investment <strong>Policy</strong> 43<br />
Investment performance requirements: a tool for development 44