EU CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

• Main Author: Diana Popa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi 2012-06-01
• Series: CES Working Papers
• Subjects: Doha Round; FDI flows; international trade; technical assistance; European Union; developing countries; Aid for trade
• Online Access: http://www.cse.uaic.ro/WorkingPapers/articles/CESWP2012_IV2_POP.pdf

The paper deals with the EU aid concerning to improved the economic situation from developing countries. Therefore, the aim of this research is to identify how EU states contribute to helping poor countries, members of the World Trade Organization. For the beginning, we define the EU’position before, during and after the Doha Round – a round of WTO multilateral trade negotiations. Moreover, we analyse the development dimension, focusing on countries „marginalized” until early of XXI century in terms of international trade, because this represents the idea-axis of the Doha Round. In this context, the EU – one of the leading global commercial players and a key member of the institution mentioned above – has set several objectives to achieve the basic goal of negotiations and several ways to support developing countries. To conclude, we propose to define the key points of the European aid for least developed and developing countries.