International trade as an instrument for achieving the Millennium Development Goals

  • Laura Gómez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/aahdh-3-2006pp243-252
Keywords: international trade, development, aid for trade

Abstract

This article deals with the novelties set up by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to promote a change of international trade rules. First, we evidence the role given to trade as a driver of economic development and to eliminate poverty. Second, we systematize the remaining issues in international negotiations intended to achieve progress towards a commercial framework conducive to development; among them we underline issues concerning market access, trade in services, intellectual property, trade preferences formulas and new barriers to trade. Finally the main developments and controversial issues in the final negotiations within the World Trade Organization are analyzed.

Published online: 11 December 2017

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Author Biography

Laura Gómez
Doctora en Derecho, Profesora Titular de la Universidad de Deusto y Directora de la Cátedra UNESCO de Formación de Recursos Humanos en América Latina.
Published
2017-12-11
How to Cite
Gómez, Laura. 2017. “International Trade As an Instrument for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals”. Deusto Journal of Human Rights, no. 3 (December), 243-52. https://doi.org/10.18543/aahdh-3-2006pp243-252.
Issue
No. 3 (2006)
Section
Debates
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