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Special treatment for LDCs by international organizations such as the GATT and the WTO provide evidence that a norm of special treatment for LDCs exists within the organization. By tracing the special treatment provided for LDCs within the GATT we can construct the lifecycle of this norm and demonstrate how it operates in the organization. Following the introduction of the norm of special treatment for LDCs into the UN in the 1970s, as discussed in Chapter 2, the norm was also introduced into the GATT largely due to the close proximity and rivalry between the GATT and UNCTAD with both organizations based in Geneva and focusing on trade.
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Hawthorne, H. (2013). LDCs in the GATT. In: Least Developed Countries and the WTO. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137269775_3
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