The mitigation of socio-economic global assimetries with international cooperation and especial and differential treatment

Abstract

The problematic of the paper is drawn from the identification on international scene of the inequalities among the States, in particular as regards the level of development and the concentration of wealth of these, which allows to formulate the following question: there is a legal prognosis for the mitigation of these global asymmetries? The theme is justified by the need to promote an environment that ensures material equality by understanding the vulnerabilities of the least developed and developing countries. To this end, it is indicated two possible solutions: (a) the implementation of the principle of international cooperation through policies of North-South cooperation and South-South cooperation, (b) the adoption of special and differential treatment under the multilateral trading system. The research utilizes a bibliographical doctrinal review, whose theoretical section focuses on international economic law, as well as on the analysis of official data and classifications elaborated by institutions and organizations of international law.