Asymmetric trade negotiations / edited by Sanoussi Bilal, Philippe de Lombaerde and Diana Tussie.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The sweep of asymmetric trade negotiations / Diana Tussie and Marcel Saguier -- The scope for asymmetry in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) / Stephen Woolcock -- Asymmetric trade negotiations for development : what does the experience from the ACP-EU economic partnership agreements tell us? / Sanoussi Bilal -- Comparative asymmetric trade negotiations in the Southern Cone : FTAA and EU-MERCOSUR / Mercedes Botto and Andrea C. Bianculli -- Venezuela in asymmetric trade negotiations : the cases of negotiations in the FTAA and with the EU / Rita Giacalone -- Negotiating the Colombia-US FTA : a Colombian perspective / Luis Jorge Garay, Philippe de Lombaerde and Fernando Barberi -- Negotiating the Thailand-US Free Trade Agreement / Wisarn Pupphavesa ... and others -- Postscript: Asymmetric trade negotiations after the turn-of-the-decade "global" financial crisis? / Timothy M. Shaw.

The slow pace of the Doha Round has boosted the proliferation of regional and bilateral trade agreements. Paradoxically, the more powerful actors, the US and the European Union, who at the same time have benefited the most from the multilateral system, have also been engaged in bilateral and regional negotiations in order to sign WTO-plus agreements with developing countries. Combining a clear theoretical exposition with systematic cross-regional analysis, 'Asymmetric Trade Negotiations' offers a coherent picture of strategic, design and political economy aspects of North-South trade negotiation processes, from African, Asian and Latin American perspectives. Skilled area specialists gather to provide negotiators and policy makers in the South with recommendations, best practices, and benchmarks and contribute to the understanding of these recent processes.