Poor countries are generally bad at collecting taxes,[1] and what little is collected is at risk of being pocketed by officials due to higher levels of corrupti

Poor countries are generally bad at collecting taxes,[1] and what little is collected is at risk of being pocketed by officials due to higher levels of corruption.[2] Subsidies may also fall afoul of WTO obligations.[3] Besides, Western countries also have anti-dumping regulations that are in practice used to shield domestic industries being damaged by cheaper imports.[4] 1. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2015/04/30/why-isnt-anyone-paying-taxes-in-low-income-countries/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2015/04/30... 2. https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/are-poorer-countries-necessarily-more-corrupt/ https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/are-poorer-countr... 3. https://www.trade.gov/trade-guide-wto-subsidies https://www.trade.gov/trade-guide-wto-subsidies 4. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Ten-Years-of-Anti-dumping-in-the-EU%3A-Economic-and-Davis/5356761c64ca159c890f7d55c22260c69c00d3fa https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Ten-Years-of-Anti-dump...