SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT (SDT) IN THE WTO AGREEMENTS: A RULE-BASED APPROACH

Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) hold varying opinions regarding status developing countries as WTO members and Special Differential Treatment (SDT), which reflects various perspectives on what constitutes fair treatment in WTO. These discrepancies have now became more noticeable, presents a problem for organization. The definition country member, graduation, efficacy SDT, technical support capacity building all been complicated topics explored SDT discussions. Some develop suggested modifying regard to (SDT) agreements using political economic perspective. As forum negotiating aimed at reducing barriers international trade ensuring level playing field all, must be able contribute growth development regardless member's constitutional or socioeconomic structure, well foster peaceful cooperation among nations. initiative these must, course, supported by WTO, role guarantor multilateral trading system, bulwark against forms protectionism, while recognizing developmental needs, as, full rights obligations members. can also, other things, encourage participating plurilateral initiatives take new approach ongoing future negotiations. Affirming that disputes concerning treaties, like disputes, should settled means conformity with principles justice law. By reviewing laws regulations are connected author employs "rule-based approach" this article set forth 31 Vienna Convention Law Treaties, analyze respond question member from beneficiary order achieve goal primary purpose is open benefit