Introduction

Free trade or fair trade? This course will help you to analyze the relationship that exists between developed and developing countries under the World Trade Organization regime of Development Round negotiations. The current world trade regime has a very mixed record in promoting growth and reducing poverty. This course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Geography.

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• Identify the economic issues faced by developing countries in multilateral trade negotiations
• Describe these issues from a developing country perspective
• Explain how the economic power of nations impinges upon the ability of states to negotiate settlements that are beneficial to them.