Research Handbook on Trade Law and Development

Edited by Sonia E. Rolland, Professor of Law and Business, Northeastern University School of Law and D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, USA

‘An innovative examination of the trade law–development relationship providing center-stage to the diverse perspectives of actors in developing countries. The evolving global dynamics lend urgency to calls for amending the trade rulebook with development and equity as a central theme. This book is an important contribution toward such an endeavor.’

• ContentsResearch Handbook on Trade Law and Development: an introduction 1Sonia E. RollandPART I META-NARRATIVES ON TRADE LAW AND DEVELOPMENT1 Trade law as countermovements: a socio-legal analysis of the relationshipbetween trade, development and human rights 9Clair Gammage2 Trade, justice and development at a crisis moment 25Frank J. Garcia3 Free hands and footprints at the WTO: colonial ontologies of informationcapitalism 38Bhumika Billa4 Remaking international trade to fulfill its sustainable development mandate 54Daniel C. Esty, Jan Yves Remy, Trevor Sutton and Joel Trachtman5 Development as a litmus test for trade law and policy 69Sonia E. RollandPART II INSTITUTIONAL AND RULE-MAKING ASPECTS OF TRADE LAW6 Challenges and solutions for developing countries and least developedcountries in the WTO dispute settlement system: The past, present, andfuture 86Niall Meagher and Vitaliy Pogoretskyy7 An actors-focused approach to negotiations: the Investment FacilitationAgreement 100Rodrigo Polanco8 Contemporary issues on standards and developing countries in the contextof sustainability and digitalization 117Yoshiko NaikiPART III ASSESSING TRADE LAW DISCIPLINES FOR THEIRDEVELOPMENT IMPACT9 Food security and the Agreement on Agriculture: old wine in new bottles? 132Sophia Murphy and Calvin Manduna10 The impact of fisheries subsidies on sustainable development 147Mustaqeem De Gama11 Fiscal implications of trade rules and climate policymaking 161Rachel D. Thrasher12 Instrument of protection or another tool in the toolkit? Developingcountries and the use of trade remedies 175James J. Nedumpara and Sparsha Janardhan13 Intellectual property rights and global competitiveness of developingeconomies: the case of India’s pharmaceutical industry 189Preet S. Aulakh14 The global data divide and its discontents: can international trade law playa more meaningful role? 206Neha Mishra15 Good regulatory practices and trade agreements: recent trends andimplications 221Rashmi José16 Impact and shortcomings of the Trade Facilitation Agreement fordeveloping and least developed countries 237Edna Ramirez-RoblesPART IV REGIONALISM: THE DIFFERENT FACES OF TRADE REGULATION17 Shaping sustainable development in New Asia-Pacific regionalism 256Ying-Jun Lin and Pasha L. Hsieh18 Implementing the AfCFTA: a sluggish start 273David Luke and Max Mendez-Parra19 Mercosur and beyond: the role of subnational entities 286Murilo Lubambo20 The Andean Community’s approach to trade liberalization anddevelopment 300Yovana Reyes Tagle21 A sustainable and inclusive trade agenda for the Caribbean region 315Jan Yves Remy and Peta-Gay Facey WilsonPART V DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TRADE FOR PEOPLE AND THEIRBUSINESSES22 International trade policy: a blessing or a curse for women? 332Amrita Bahri and Katrin Kuhlmann23 Understanding the complex interplay between supranational trade policyand domestic-level entrepreneurial ecosystem policies 348Luis Alfonso Dau, Elizabeth M. Moore, Felipe Alfonzo Cordero andMauricio Cervantes Zepeda24 Digital trade and financial inclusion for MSMEs in Mauritius: bridging thegender gap 363Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Varsha Mooneram-Chadee and Boopen Seetanah25 Customs issues in developing countries 378Dennis Ndonga and Emmanuel Laryea