WTO is Stacked Against LDCs WTO membership implies MFN status to all countries (elimination or marked reduction of trade tariffs) To settle disputes (such as IP), countries can bring a complaint (301) to the WTO If there is merit, the dispute settlement can be either compensation to the offended country or reinstitution of tariff barriers between them For US, tariffs by an LDC are of no consequence but trade tariffs with US are devastating to LDCs
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