History of the Community GSP: Settling the Principle
Abstract
The principle of general preferential tariff treatment for developing countries’ exports was first fully discussed internationally in GATT during 1963. In 1962 the British government (the responsible minister being Edward Heath, then President of the Board of Trade) had proposed to a Commonwealth Conference the extension of Commonwealth preferential treatment by Britain to exports from all developing countries; on condition, naturally, that other developed countries gave preferential treatment to developing countries’ exports (including those of the Commonwealth).
Fields of Study & Subjects
World Trade Organization Law
Global trade and economics
Historical Economic and Social Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 37–52
- Publication date
- 11 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter