14 janvier 2014
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Olivier Cattaneo, « Europe, Trade Policy, and Development since the Creation of the WTO », Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique, ID : 10.4000/books.igpde.2947
Introduction It may seem counter-intuitive to conceive of trade policy as development policy. At least, if you have a commercial view of trade in which the aim is to accumulate wealth by means of trade surpluses. It was this very view which, in 17th century France, at the height of Colbertism, led Richelieu to create the first colonial companies, and it still persists. It is true that trade negotiations always concern access to markets, but trade is not seen as a zero sum game: from the 18th ...