@techreport{oai:ir.ide.go.jp:00037970,
 author = {Yanai, Akiko},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {application/pdf, IDP000197_001, Recently, there has been a surge in bilateral and regional trade arrangements between
developed and developing countries, which are known as North-South RTAs. Under the
current legal system of the WTO, North-South RTAs are governed by Article XXIV of the
GATT or Article V of the GATS, which means such RTAs must be reciprocal and must cover
substantially all the trade. On the other hand, there is another category of rules on RTAs
based on the so-called Enabling Clause, which, in exceptional circumstances, provides
special and differential treatment (SDT) for RTAs among developing countries. This paper
considers the applicability of the SDT concept to North-South RTAs by examining why rules
on RTAs and the concept of SDT were incorporated into the GATT/WTO legal framework so
as to permit the derogation of most-favored-nation (MFN) obligations.},
 title = {Normative Influences of "Special and Differential Treatment" on North-South RTAs},
 year = {2009}
}