Contents

pp v-vii

List of figures and appendices

pp viii-xii

List of tables

pp xiii-xviii

List of contributors

pp xix-xxii

Introduction

pp 1-8

Part I - Theory and evidence

pp 9-10

1 - A theory of trade and development of small vulnerable states

pp 11-28

2 - Small countries: a survey of the literature

pp 29-73

3 - When comparative advantage doesn't matter: business costs in small economies

pp 74-107

4 - Can small states compete in manufacturing?

pp 108-144

5 - The economics of isolation and distance

pp 145-163

6 - The trade performance of small states

pp 164-226

7 - Small economies and special and differential treatment: strengthening the evidence, countering the fallacies

pp 227-278

Part II - WTO and small economies

pp 279-280

8 - Small vulnerable economy issues and the WTO

pp 281-308

9 - Special and differential treatment for small developing economies

pp 309-355

10 - A study of alternative special and differential arrangements for small economies

pp 356-422

Part III - WTO dispute settlement

pp 423-424

11 - Small states in the banana dispute

pp 425-450

12 - Impact of changes in the European Union's policy for banana imports on the Eastern Caribbean Region (1992–2002)

pp 451-483

13 - Jamaica and the case in the WTO against the European Communities regime for the importation, sale and distribution of bananas (1992–2001)

pp 484-521

14 - WTO complaints by Australia and Brazil regarding the EU sugar regime

pp 522-534

15 - Reform of EU export subsidies on sugar: the legal and economic implications for the ACP countries

pp 535-561

16 - Analysis of the impact of opening up the EU import market for canned tuna on ACP countries

pp 562-604

Part IV - Negotiating issues and institutional arrangements

pp 605-606

17 - WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations: implications for ACP fisheries access arrangements and sustainable management

pp 607-632

18 - Plurilateral financial standards and their regulation: the experience of small developing states

pp 633-683

19 - Export processing zones and the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

pp 684-692

20 - The accession of Vanuatu to the WTO: lessons for the multilateral trading system

pp 693-714