<p>This article deals with the novelties set up by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to promote a change of international trade rules. First, we evidence the role given to trade as a driver of economic development and to eliminate poverty. Second, we systematize the remaining issues in international negotiations intended to achieve progress towards a commercial framework conducive to development; among them we underline issues concerning market access, trade in services, intellectual

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... rty, trade preferences formulas and new barriers to trade. Finally the main developments and controversial issues in the final negotiations within the World Trade Organization are analyzed.</p><p><strong>Published online</strong>: 11 December 2017</p>