The impact of the Generalized System of Preferences on imports

Although the EC’s Generalized System of Preferences has been in force since July 1, 1971, vagueness still prevails with regard to the question to what extent the system has contributed to the lowering of tariff barriers and of what service it has thus been as a tool for the promotion of exports from the developing countries. Now that EC statistics on preferential imports in 1973–1976 are available, it is for the first time possible to undertake a detailed evaluation of the GSP in the light of more germane and comprehensive evidence than the general foreign trade statistics and a few incidental figures at hand previously

Unido III—A preview

The Third UN Conference for Industrial Development (UNIDO III) will be held in New Delhi on January 21-February 8, 1980. Which demands will the developing countries address to the industrial countries on this occasion? And what are the chances of these demands being met