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Interaction between the Developed and Developing Countries on Organizing

International Trade

After World War 11 the developed countries were badly in need of resources in Africa, the

Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP states). The measures were taken for mutually beneficial trade.

Lome Convention signed in 1975 at Lome, the capital of Togo, was one of those measures. It

wa s signed by forty-six ACP states and by members of the then European Economic Community

(EEC). It replaced previous association agreements made by the original six members of the

EEC with former colonies (Yaounde Convention) and the East African Community (Arusha

Agreement). (The East African Community was a common market of Uganda, Kenya and Tanz

ania.) Under the Lome Convention, all ACP industrial exports, and most agricultural exports,

to the EEC are free of duty. Financial and technical aid including an export income stabilization

scheте, called Stabex, for agricultural exports — was also agreed upon, and the European Devel

opment Fund was set up by the EEC to administer and channel aid funds to the Lome counIn

1979 a second agreement was signed, a third in 1984 and the fourth in 1990. The Lome IV

agreement was for a period of ten years. Within the first five years, the EC* made available to the

ACP countries a total of ECU 10,8 billion of aid through the European Development Fund and a

total of ECU 1,2 billion of low-interest loans through the European Investment Bank (soft loan).

Lome IV improved access to the European Union markets for some ACP agricultural products,

increased the funds available for Stabex, and widened its application to include exports to third

markets. The new agreement also allowed for assistance for broad economic structural adjustment

programmes, in addition to aid for specific investment projects. A mid-term Review in 1995 increased

the total funds available for ACP/EC cooperation to ECU 14,6 billion during the second

five-year term of the Agreement. In 1997, South Africa was negotiating admission as the Convent

on's eighty-sixth member.

Commentary and Notes to Text 3.7.1.4

1. to be free of duty — быть свободным от пошлин

2. an export income stabilization scheme (Stabex) — схема стабилизации экспортного дохода

i low-interest loans — займы-кредиты с низким процентом

4. soft loan — мягкий, льготный заем

5. specific investment projects — особые инвестиционные проекты

3.7.1.5. Read and translate the text “Preferential Conditions of International Trade” and give

your view on the advantages of a generalized system of preferences.

Preferential Conditions o f International Trade

According to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), a number of countries

establish preferential conditions of international trade. It is expressed by means of the most-favou

red-nation clause. It is the clause in the international trade treaty under which the signatories

promise to extend to each other any favourable trading terms offered in agreements with third

parties. Unfortunately, Russia, not being the GATT member, does not have these preferencies.

By generalized system of preferences we mean the elimination or reduction of import tariffs by

the advanced countries on specified products exported by approved developing countries. The

scheme was first introduced in 1971. The intention is to encourage the development and diversification

of developing countries’ exports. However, the value of such tariff preference has been eroded

by the reduction of import tariffs on international trade generally under the various tariff rounds

Since 1993, when the European Union was founded.

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of negotiations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and specific trade agreements such

as the Lome Agreement.

It is worthy that preferential trade agreements are not allowed among WTO members.

WTO defines national treatment as the principle of giving others the same treatment as one's

own nationals. GATT Article 3 requires that imports be treated no less favorably than the same or

similar domestically-produced goods once they have passed customs. GATS Article 17 and TRIPS

Article 3 also deal with national treatment for services and intellectual property protection.

Commentary and Notes to Text 3.7.1.5

1. preferential conditions — преимущественные условия

2. the most-favoured-nation clause — оговорка о наибольшем благоприятствовании

(в международной торговле)

3. signatory — сторона (страна), подписавшая договор

4. to encourage — поощрять