Latin America has a pivotal role to play in international trade negotiations. This book focuses on the key issues for Latin American countries' participation in trade negotiations on the shifting ground of expanding trade agendas, diversifying negotiation fora and emerging coalitions. Through...

1. The sweep of asymmetric trade negotiations : introduction and overview / Diana Tussie and Marcelo Saguier -- 2. The scope for asymmetry in the World Trad Organisation (WTO) / Stephen Woolcock -- 3. Asymmetric trade negotiations for development : what does the experiences from the ACP-EU...

Considerable uncertainty surrounds the intentions and aspirations of rising powers, particularly the extent to which they are <italic>status quo</italic> or revisionist. How a new power behaves with some of the weakest members of the international system provides a useful indicator of how it will go on to behave...

In this work, Amrita Narlikar argues that, contrary to common assumption, modern-day politics displays a surprising paradox: poverty - and the powerlessness with which it is associated - has emerged as a political tool and a formidable weapon in international negotiation. The success of poverty...

The integration of developing countries into world markets, and very particularly those in Latin America, is transforming international economic relations. Increasing economic openness should be a conducive environment not just for increasing trade opportunities for developing countries, but...