Abstract Book of the 2nd International Academic Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities
Year: 2025
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Compensating Inequality
Dr. Didier François Diégane Diop
ABSTRACT:
The detailed examination of such a subject will be carried out on the basis of a fundamental problem, which will thus serve as a guideline in the presentation of the ideas which should underlie the approach. This concerns the question of the links between trade and inequalities. In other words, how trade standards or rules make it possible to understand inequalities, their causes and consequences in the multilateral trading system, in order to better promote action initiatives working towards their reduction or elimination. ? Thus the problem of method is at the heart of any scientific work as it is true that the method sheds light on the hypotheses and determines the conclusions, our approach will be ordered with a few exceptions around the use of the analytical and exegetical but also comparative method. . It is understood as the analysis, interpretation and explanation of the rules of law, particularly those contained in the various legal texts of the GATT and the WTO. As for the expected results,is aboutcompensating inequality, developing countries claim, based on the recognition of real inequalities in development between States, the benefit of derogatory regimes. Thus, taking into account development inequalities must lead to the establishment of legal inequalities intended to compensate for real inequalities. In trade, these inequalities will result in the abandonment of the principle of reciprocity and the determination of categories of States with a different status. This involves the adoption of the principle of duality of norms which means that “two bodies of rules will now replace a single body uniformly governing all interstate relations; on the one hand, that governing relations between developed countries, on the other hand, that which governs relations between these and developing countries as well as relations between developing countries. Indeed, this principle aims to correct the strict and inopportune application of equality between States on the international scene contrary to WTO rules through compensation of the initial inequality between States and the transition from formal inequality to real equality of treatment justified by the principle of solidarity. Thus, compensating inequality resulted in a strict and inappropriate application of equality between States on the international scene contrary to WTO rules (Section I) and compensation for the initial inequality between States; from formal inequality to real equality of treatment justified by the principle of solidarity (Section II).
Keywords: GATT, WTO, trade policies, inequality, inclusion