Fair Trade For All

• Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz puts forward a radical new solution to the problems of world trade
• Addresses one of the most important issues that faces world leaders today: how can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade?
• Promotes the idea that trade can be fair and beneficial for all
• Sets the issues in the context of the history of recent world trade negotiations

New to this edition

• Includes a new foreword and new introduction to discuss the reasons for the failure of the last round of trade talks in Hong Kong

Readership: Policymakers, academics, students and anyone interested in world trade and development

Joseph E. Stiglitz, President, Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD), Columbia University, and Andrew Charlton, London School of Economics

"'A worthwhile read for anyone interested in trade and development.'" - Diplomat

Foreword
Glossary
1: Introduction: The Story So Far
2: Trade Can Be Good for Development
3: The Need for a Development Round
4: What Has Doha Achieved?
5: Founding Principles: The Basis for a Fair Agreement
6: Special Treatment for Developing Countries
7: Priorities for a Development Round
8: How to Open Up Markets
9: Priorities Behind The Border
10: What Should Not Be On the Agenda?
11: Joining the Trading System
12: Institutional Reforms
13: Trade Liberalization and the Costs of Adjustment
Appendix 1: Empirical Review of Market Access Issues
Appendix 2: Empirical Review of the Singapore Issues