The Politics of Preferences (1975) examines the development of European Community trade policy between 1963 and 1973 and its impact on developing countries. It examines bargaining – and power and weakness – and the way in which the Community takes – or fails to take – decisions.
The Politics of Preferences (1975) examines the development of European Community trade policy between 1963 and 1973 and its impact on developing countries. It also looks at the strategy and tactics pursued by developing countries during the same period in an attempt to get a better deal for their exports to the Community and other developed countries. It examines bargaining – and power and weakness – and the way in which the Community takes – or fails to take – decisions.
1. Introduction
2. The Communitys Preference Scheme
3. The Economics of
Generalised Preferences
4. The Community at Work
5. History of the Community
GSP: Settling the Principle
6. History of the Community GSP: the Development
of a Common Policy
7. Influences and Pressures on the Community
8. Problems
with the GSP
9. The GSP in Community Policy
10. Developing Countries, the GSP
and GATT
