%0 Journal Article %T WTO accession in the Ethiopian context: a bittersweet paradox %A E Stebek %J Mizan Law Review %D 2007 %I St. Mary's University College %X Trade liberalization may be unilateral, bilateral, sub-regional or multilateral. The end of the cold war has witnessed an increasingly growing wave of unilateral trade liberalization accompanied by a regulatory framework that facilitates and enhances the momentum. Although the impact of unilateral trade liberalization undertaken in many countries including Ethiopia deserves discussion, the theme of this article has necessitated focus on multilateral trade liberalization under the WTO system. %U http://www.ajol.info/index.php/mlr/article/view/55616