Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63425 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2008/10
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The rise of the emerging southern economies – China, India, Brazil, and South Africa (CIBS) – as both economic and political actors, is having significant and far-reaching impact on the world economy. Notwithstanding the increasing amount of study and research, there are still important knowledge-gaps with respect to a range of likely consequences of the dynamism of the Southern Economies. One of these gaps concerns the implications for the WTO-multilateral trading system. The present paper proposes a review of the southern participation in the multilateral integration process and suggests a methodology to assess the impact of CIBS’ rise on the future of the WTO system. Through the analysis of the trajectories of ‘impact’ of the trade channel, the paper draws some suggestive remarks.
Subjects: 
international trade
multilateral trading system
World Trade Organization
developing countries
China
Brazil
India
South Africa
JEL: 
F02
F13
F53
O5
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-052-4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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