Trade Preferences for Developing Countries and the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Grimmett, Jeanne J.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Free trade -- U.S.;    Foreign trade;    International relations;   

RP-ID  :  RS22183
RP-ID  :  RS22183_2008Oct21

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

World Trade Organization (WTO) Members must grant immediate and unconditional most-favored-nation (MFN) treatment to the products of other Members regarding tariffs and other trade-related measures. Programs such as the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), under which developed countries grant preferential tariff rates to developing country goods, are facially inconsistent with this obligation because they accord goods of some countries more favorable tariff treatment than that accorded to goods of other WTO Members. This report discusses various issues regarding such trade preferences.