Differences And Preferential Treatment Of Developing Members Of Wto

Differential and more favorable treatment of developing countries in the World Trade Organization is an essential part of WTO Agreement. This principle helps the developing country members, including the least developed country members among them, easily participate in the world trade system. Agreement establishing WTO prescribes, "there is need for positive efforts designed to ensure that developing countries, and specially the least developed among them, secure a share in the growth in international trade commensurate with the needs of their economic development". This treatment is not only the rights for the developing country members, but also the obligations for the developed country members in WTO. This article makes the basic research on differential and more favorable treatment for developing countries. It analyzes the problem on this principle. China as one of the developing countries should enjoy the differential and more favorable treatment. To get more enjoyable treatment, what measures need China take.The article is composed of five parts. The first part is about the basic definition of the developing countries' differential and more favorable treatment. And the author explains the meaning of the developing countries and the history of the developing countries' differential and more favorable treatment in GATT and WTO.The second part analyzes the theory and the legal grounds for the developing countries' differential and more favorable treatment. This treatment should originate from the principle of the equity and mutual benefit rather than an exception of non-discrimination under the WTO. The third part is about the specific types of the developing countries' differential and more favorable which includes the modulation of commitment for developing countries, trade preference market access for developing country export, technical assistance by developed county and transitional provision.The forth part describes the current status of the differential and more favorable for developing countries, which is an essential part of identifying new provision for the Doha Round. Analysis of the problem on the differential and more favorable treatment for developing countries can find out how to improve this principle in the new Round.The last part talks about how developing countries can improve this treatment in the new round negotiation. The author gives some recommendation to China on this aspect.