Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations

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1 Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations General Editors: Donna Lee, Senior Lecturer in International Organisations and International Political Economy, University of Birmingham, UK and Paul Sharp, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Alworth Institute for International Studies at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA The series was launched as Studies in Diplomacy in 1994 under the general editorship of G.R. Berridge. Its purpose is to encourage original scholarship on all aspects of the theory and practice of diplomacy. The new editors assumed their duties in 2003 with a mandate to maintain this focus while also publishing research which demonstrates the importance of diplomacy to contemporary international relations more broadly conceived. Titles include: Jozef Batora and Nik Hynek FRINGE PLAYERS AND THE DIPLOMATIC ORDER The New Heteronomy G.R. Berridge (editor) DIPLOMATIC CLASSICS Selected Texts from Commynes to Vattel G.R. Berridge, Maurice Keens-Soper and T.G. Otte DIPLOMATIC THEORY FROM MACHIAVELLI TO KISSINGER Herman J. Cohen INTERVENING IN AFRICA Superpower Peacemaking in a Troubled Continent Costas M. Constantinou and James Der Derian (editors) SUSTAINABLE DIPLOMACIES Andrew F. Cooper (editor) NICHE DIPLOMACY Middle Powers after the Cold War Andrew F. Cooper, Brian Hocking and William Maley (editor) GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND DIPLOMACY Worlds Apart? Mai a Davis Cross THE EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC CORPS Diplomats and International Cooperation from Westphalia to Maastricht David H. Dunn (editor) DIPLOMACY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL The Evolution of International Summitry Charalampos Efstathopoulos MIDDLE POWERS IN WORLD TRADE DIPLOMACY India, South Africa and the Doha Development Agenda Brian Hocking (editor) FOREIGN MINISTRIES Change and Adaptation Brian Hocking and David Spence (editors) FOREIGN MINISTRIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION Integrating Diplomats Michael Hughes DIPLOMACY BEFORE THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Britain, Russia and the Old Diplomacy, Gaynor Johnson THE BERLIN EMBASSY OF LORD D ABERNON, Christer Jönsson and Martin Hall ESSENCE OF DIPLOMACY

2 Donna Lee MIDDLE POWERS AND COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY British Influence at the Kennedy Trade Round Donna Lee, Ian Taylor and Paul D. Williams (editors) THE NEW MULTILATERALISM IN SOUTH AFRICAN DIPLOMACY Mario Liverani INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, BC Jan Melissen (editor) INNOVATION IN DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE Soft Power in International Relations THE NEW PUBLIC DIPLOMACY Soft Power in International Relations Peter Neville APPEASING HITLER The Diplomacy of Sir Nevile Henderson, M.J. Peterson RECOGNITION OF GOVERNMENTS Legal Doctrine and State Practice, Gary D. Rawnsley RADIO DIPLOMACY AND PROPAGANDA The BBC and VOA in International Politics, Gary D. Rawnsley TAIWAN S INFORMAL DIPLOMACY AND PROPAGANDA Karl W. Schweizer and Paul Sharp (editors) THE INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT OF HERBERT BUTTERFIELD Paul Sharp and Geoffrey Wiseman (editors) THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS AS AN INSTITUTION OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY Ronald A. Walker MULTILATERAL CONFERENCES Purposeful International Negotiation A. Nuri Yurdusev (editor) OTTOMAN DIPLOMACY Conventional or Unconventional? Taryn Shepperd SINO-US RELATIONS AND THE ROLE OF EMOTION IN STATE ACTION Understanding Post-Cold War Crisis Interactions Andrew Williams FRANCE, BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A Reappraisal R.S. Zaharna BATTLES TO BRIDGES US Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy after 9/11 Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations Series Standing Order ISBN (outside North America only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBN quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England

3 Middle Powers in World Trade Diplomacy India, South Africa and the Doha Development Agenda Charalampos Efstathopoulos Aberystwyth University, UK

4 Charalampos Efstathopoulos 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6 10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number , of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave and Macmillan are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN DOI / ISBN (ebook) This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

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7 Contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations viii ix Introduction 1 1 Middle Power Diplomacy in International Relations 15 2 The Doha Development Agenda, The Middle Power Offensive, A New Leadership, The Informal Phase and Crisis Management, Southern Middle Powers in Comparative Perspective 167 Notes 195 Bibliography 199 Index 213 vii

8 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 her valuable advice on developing this book project. viii

9 Abbreviations ACP AGOA ANC AoA AU BASIC BRIC BRICS CARICOM COMESA CTD DDA DG DTI FIPs FTA GATS GATT GPA IBSA IMF LDCs LMG MERCOSUR NAM NAMA NEPAD NGMA NIEO S&D SAARC SACU SADC SMPs SP SSM African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States African Growth and Opportunity Act African National Congress Agreement on Agriculture African Union Brazil, South Africa, India, China Brazil, Russia, India, China Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa Caribbean Community Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Committee on Trade and Development Doha Development Agenda Director General (WTO) Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa Five Interested Parties Free Trade Agreement General Agreement on Trade in Services General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs Agreement on Government Procurement India, Brazil, South Africa International Monetary Fund Less-Developed Countries Like-Minded Group Common Market of the South Non-Aligned Movement Non-Agricultural Market Access New Partnership for Africa s Development Negotiating Group on Market Access New International Economic Order Special and Differential Treatment South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Southern African Customs Union Southern African Development Community Southern Middle Powers Special Products Special Safeguard Mechanism ix

10 x List of Abbreviations TNC TRIPS UN UNCTAD UNSC UR USTR WCA WMPs WTO Trade Negotiations Committee Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights United Nations United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Security Council Uruguay Round United States Trade Representative West and Central African States Western Middle Powers World Trade Organization