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Research Handbook on Trade Law and Development

Research Handbook on Trade Law and Development

Author: Sonia E. Rolland
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035325955
Published In: July 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Adopting an actors-focused approach, this Research Handbook engages with complex dynamics between states, people and businesses with respect to trade law and development. Sonia E. Rolland brings together scholarly and policy experts who articulate contemporary research on the linkages between trade, sustainability, food security, intellectual property, industrial policy and the digital economy, amongst many others.

The contributing authors address trade law through an interdisciplinary lens, examining its political, economic and social contexts. Several chapters highlight challenges including sustainability and digitalization, as well as potential solutions for developing countries in the WTO dispute settlement system. The Research Handbook demonstrates the fiscal implications of trade rules and climate policymaking, featuring case studies from across Africa, the Americas and Asia to draw attention to international trade policies in the context of economic development. It also seeks to empower minority groups ranging from women and indigenous people to small and micro entrepreneurs, as well as investors from emerging countries with an equitable approach to trade relations.

The Research Handbook on Trade Law and Development is an essential resource for scholars and students in international trade, international economic law and law and development. Its unique insights on alternative approaches to trade law and negotiations will greatly benefit international policymakers and business executives.

Research Handbook on Trade Law and Development: an introduction 1

Sonia E. Rolland

PART I META-NARRATIVES ON TRADE LAW AND DEVELOPMENT

Trade law as countermovements: a socio-legal analysis of the relationship between trade, development and human rights 9

Clair Gammage

Trade, justice and development at a crisis moment 25

Frank J. Garcia

Free hands and footprints at the WTO: colonial ontologies of information capitalism 38

Bhumika Billa

Remaking international trade to fulfill its sustainable development mandate 54

Daniel C. Esty, Jan Yves Remy, Trevor Sutton and Joel Trachtman

Development as a litmus test for trade law and policy 69

Sonia E. Rolland

PART II INSTITUTIONAL AND RULE-MAKING ASPECTS OF TRADE LAW

Challenges and solutions for developing countries and least developed countries in the WTO dispute settlement system: The past, present, and future 86

Niall Meagher and Vitaliy Pogoretskyy

An actors-focused approach to negotiations: the Investment Facilitation Agreement 100

Rodrigo Polanco

Contemporary issues on standards and developing countries in the context of sustainability and digitalization 117

Yoshiko Naiki

PART III ASSESSING TRADE LAW DISCIPLINES FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT

Food security and the Agreement on Agriculture: old wine in new bottles? 132

Sophia Murphy and Calvin Manduna

10.

The impact of fisheries subsidies on sustainable development 147

Mustaqeem De Gama

11.

Fiscal implications of trade rules and climate policymaking 161

Rachel D. Thrasher

12.

Instrument of protection or another tool in the toolkit? Developing countries and the use of trade remedies 175

James J. Nedumpara and Sparsha Janardhan

13.

Intellectual property rights and global competitiveness of developing economies: the case of India’s pharmaceutical industry 189

Preet S. Aulakh

14.

The global data divide and its discontents: can international trade law play a more meaningful role? 206

Neha Mishra

15.

Good regulatory practices and trade agreements: recent trends and implications 221

Rashmi José

16.

Impact and shortcomings of the Trade Facilitation Agreement for developing and least developed countries 237

Edna Ramirez-Robles

PART IV REGIONALISM: THE DIFFERENT FACES OF TRADE REGULATION

17.

Shaping sustainable development in New Asia-Pacific regionalism 256

Ying-Jun Lin and Pasha L. Hsieh

18.

Implementing the AfCFTA: a sluggish start 273

David Luke and Max Mendez-Parra

19.

Mercosur and beyond: the role of subnational entities 286

Murilo Lubambo

20.

The Andean Community’s approach to trade liberalization and development 300

Yovana Reyes Tagle

21.

A sustainable and inclusive trade agenda for the Caribbean region 315

Jan Yves Remy and Peta-Gay Facey Wilson

PART V DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TRADE FOR PEOPLE AND THEIR BUSINESSES

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International trade policy: a blessing or a curse for women? 332

Amrita Bahri and Katrin Kuhlmann

23.

Understanding the complex interplay between supranational trade policy and domestic-level entrepreneurial ecosystem policies 348

Luis Alfonso Dau, Elizabeth M. Moore, Felipe Alfonzo Cordero and Mauricio Cervantes Zepeda

24.

Digital trade and financial inclusion for MSMEs in Mauritius: bridging the gender gap 363

Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Varsha Mooneram-Chadee and Boopen Seetanah

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Customs issues in developing countries 378

Dennis Ndonga and Emmanuel Laryea

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