In twenty one pages this paper discusses how the global south has been adversely affected by the world trade regime. Twenty three sources are cited in the bibliography.
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The global economy is linked to a number of interrelated yet distinct factors. Unfortunately, some world players benefit in this
economy while preying on the weaknesses of other less powerful players. Such is the case when we consider the vulnerability of the global south, that geographic categorization which encompasses
the nations of Africa, Central and Latin America, and most of Asia. Indeed, it can be contended that the current trade regime operates against the interest of the global
south. With certain manipulations, however, the trade regime can evolve to promote the prosperity and the development of the global south while at the same time ensuring some profit
for the controlling entities as well. Those manipulations would entail the introduction of mechanisms through which entities of the global south could move away from their characteristic dependence on
one or just a few resources for export to one in which they not only relied on a more varied export but also relied less on the highly processed and
often technologically advanced import. The global South encompasses almost 157 of the 184 recognized states of the world (American University, 2003). Much
of the global South suffers from poverty, a depletion of their environmental resources and ecology, civil rights abuses, ethnic and regional unrest, little or no access to medical care and
a variety of other problems (American University, 2003). In contrast, those countries that control the world trade regime prosper tremendously from that control. There are several key world
players in this interplay between the deepest recesses of poverty and the heights of national wealth. Afghanistan and Columbia jump immediately to mind as examples of the victims in