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The Enabling Clause officially called the
"Decision on Differential & More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity & Fuller Participation of Developing Countries",
was adopted under GATT in 1979 and enables developed members to give differential and more favorable treatment to
developing countries.
The Enabling Clause is the WTO legal basis for the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). Under the GSP, developed
countries offer non-reciprocal preferential treatment (such as zero or low duties on imports) to products originating
in developing countries. Preference-giving countries unilaterally determine which countries and which products are
included in their schemes.
The Enabling Clause is also the legal basis for
regional arrangements among developing countries and for the Global
System of Trade Preferences (GSTP), under which a number of developing countries exchange trade concessions among
themselves.
The Enabling Clause
GATT - Part IV
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