ABSTRACT
The consequences of the GATT Uruguay Round for developing countries is a slippery subject to assess, and discussion on it tends often to result in unproductive mutual misunderstanding between the protagonists. There are several reasons for the wide-ranging nature of the debate. • First, the Round has carried with it a substantial intellectual baggage. The text,
although highly technical and detailed, is underlaid by a broad theoretical view of the role of trade in growth and development, and the appropriate role of the state in relation to trade. Discussion easily slips from the narrowly technical to the broadly theoretical and even ideological level.
