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Middle Powers in World Trade Diplomacy India, South Africa and the Doha Development Agenda Charalampos Efstathopoulos Aberystwyth University, UK
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Contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations viii ix Introduction 1 1 Middle Power Diplomacy in International Relations 15 2 The Doha Development Agenda, 2000 1 43 3 The Middle Power Offensive, 2002 3 74 4 A New Leadership, 2004 5 103 5 The Informal Phase and Crisis Management, 2006 13 134 6 Southern Middle Powers in Comparative Perspective 167 Notes 195 Bibliography 199 Index 213 vii
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
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
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