Brazil in the Uruguay Round of the Gatt: The Evolution of Brazil's Position in the Uruguay Round, With Emphasis on the Issue of Services (Strategies and Policies for the Global Political Economy) [Hardcover]

Ricardo Wahrendorff Caldas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998 | ISBN-10: 1840140402 | ISBN-13: 978-1840140408

The main objective of this text is to analyze Brazil's strategy in the Uruguay round of the GATT talks, focusing on the issue of services and why Brazil changed its mind in regarding these services. The book looks at three instances chosen for analysis - the discussion before the Uruguay round where Brazil and India led the ten less developed countries in obstructing the inclusion of services on the agenda; the first year of the Uruguay round when Brazil was persistant in this opinion; and in Montreal, 1988, when Brazil supported the principles which guided an agreement with GATT. The author looks at Brazil's decision making process and at Itamaraty, Brazil's foreign ministry in charge of international agreements, why Brazil was against the liberalization of the service sector, and by looking at external and domestic factors, why Brazil changed their position in during the Uruguay round.Brazil's oppinion that GATT should not deal with services.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840140402
• ISBN-13: 978-1840140408
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,274,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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