Developing Countries and International Economic Law: The Case of Burma

Authors

Vincent R. Johnson, St. Mary's University School of LawFollow

Journal Title

Currents: Journal of International Economic Law

Volume

23

Issue

1

First Page

35

Document Type

Article

Publication Information

2019

Abstract

Roughly a quarter of a century ago, developing countries, in large numbers, signed on to the 1994 revision of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade3 ("GKTT 1994") and to membership in its umbrella institution, the World Trade Organization ("WTO"). Notwithstanding their erstwhile reluctance to do business with and compete against developed countries that in many instances had been colonial oppressors, they took on substantial obligations under the WTO agreements. Developing countries did so, in part, because they feared being left behind economically in a world where free trade prospered.

Recommended Citation

Vincent R. Johnson, Developing Countries and International Economic Law: The Case of Burma, 23 Currents: J. Int'l Econ. L. 35 (2016).