Beyond the Transition Phase of WTO

This comprehensive discussion of topics of international trade—from telecommunications, transport, education, and e-commerce to questions of compatibility between obligations towards environmental protection and social concerns in international treaties in the World Trade Organization (WTO)—covers future problems that could arise as India enters into an increasing number of regional trading arrangements. Discussing the importance of these issues to India, this volume suggests the appropriate positions for India to take on issues at future WTO negotiations.

Dipankar Sengupta is a research fellow at the Centre de Sciences Humaines and has published works in the areas of international political economy, industrial organization theory, and Indian economy.  Debashis Chakraborty is a research associate at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies and has published works in the areas of international trade, the interface between law and economics, and Indian economic development. Pritam Banerjee was formerly a trade-policy analyst with the Confederation of Indian Industry, a consultant with the World Bank, and is an expert in the fields of international services supply chains and trade facilitation.