Middle Powers in World Trade Diplomacy: India, South Africa and the Doha Development Agenda

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by  Charalampos Efstathopoulos (auth.)

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Middle Powers in World
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India, South Africa and the Doha
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Contents
Acknowledgements viii
ListofAbbreviations ix
Introduction 1
1 MiddlePowerDiplomacyinInternationalRelations 15
2 TheDohaDevelopmentAgenda,2000–1 43
3 TheMiddlePowerOffensive,2002–3 74
4 ANewLeadership,2004–5 103
5 TheInformalPhaseandCrisisManagement,2006–13 134
6 SouthernMiddlePowersinComparativePerspective 167
Notes 195
Bibliography 199
Index 213
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Acknowledgements
The research conducted for this book started in 2007 during my time
at the University of Warwick, UK, and was completed in 2014 at
Aberystwyth University, UK. I would like to thank Dominic Kelly, who
supported me consistently throughout my studies, and Donna Lee, for
hervaluableadviceondevelopingthisbookproject.
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Abbreviations
ACP African,CaribbeanandPacificGroupofStates
AGOA AfricanGrowthandOpportunityAct
ANC AfricanNationalCongress
AoA AgreementonAgriculture
AU AfricanUnion
BASIC Brazil,SouthAfrica,India,China
BRIC Brazil,Russia,India,China
BRICS Brazil,Russia,India,China,SouthAfrica
CARICOM CaribbeanCommunity
COMESA CommonMarketforEasternandSouthernAfrica
CTD CommitteeonTradeandDevelopment
DDA DohaDevelopmentAgenda
DG DirectorGeneral(WTO)
DTI DepartmentofTradeandIndustry,SouthAfrica
FIPs FiveInterestedParties
FTA FreeTradeAgreement
GATS GeneralAgreementonTradeinServices
GATT GeneralAgreementonTradeandTariffs
GPA AgreementonGovernmentProcurement
IBSA India,Brazil,SouthAfrica
IMF InternationalMonetaryFund
LDCs Less-DevelopedCountries
LMG Like-MindedGroup
MERCOSUR CommonMarketoftheSouth
NAM Non-AlignedMovement
NAMA Non-AgriculturalMarketAccess
NEPAD NewPartnershipforAfrica’sDevelopment
NGMA NegotiatingGrouponMarketAccess
NIEO NewInternationalEconomicOrder
S&D SpecialandDifferentialTreatment
SAARC SouthAsianAssociationforRegionalCooperation
SACU SouthernAfricanCustomsUnion
SADC SouthernAfricanDevelopmentCommunity
SMPs SouthernMiddlePowers
SP SpecialProducts
SSM SpecialSafeguardMechanism
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