Abstract
It is crucial that developing country concerns regarding the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (hereinafter the SPS Agreement) urgently be addressed in the WTO in order to ensure that these countries experience the full benefits of trade. There has been much talk that the new negotiating round in the WTO, which was launched in Doha, will be a Development Round. To ensure the success of the new round, reforms are necessary in sectors of importance for developing countries in order for these Members to perceive the advances in trade liberalisation as, on balance, advantageous to them. On the other hand, for reforms to be agreed upon they have to take account of the interests of developed country Members, such as the European Community, which are often in conflict with those of developing countries, particularly in sensitive sectors.
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