Special and Differential Treatment Reform in the Wto

This book proposes a new approach to differentiating between developing countries in the context of Special and Differential Treatment (SDT) in the World Trade Organisation. Offering unique insights into SDT reform within the WTO, the book proposes the method of differentiated differentiation and demonstrates its operationalisation.

Aniekan Ukpe is a partner at Lex Mercatoria Solicitors, an Abuja-based international trade law & policy consultancy, and a researcher in the field of International Economic Law. He holds an LLB from the University of Calabar, Nigeria, an LLM (with distinction) from the University of Dundee, UK, and a Ph.D. in international trade law from Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands. Aniekan is first author of the award winning Special and differential treatment in the WTO: framing differential treatment to achieve (real) development (Journal of International Trade Law & Policy) - winner of the 2022 Emerald Literati Awards for Outstanding Paper.