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Understanding trade law / Michael J. Trebilcock.
Published
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
K3943 .T723 2011
ISBN
9780857931450 (cased)
0857931458 (cased)
9780857931498 (paperback)
0857931490 (paperback)
0857931458 (cased)
9780857931498 (paperback)
0857931490 (paperback)
Description
x, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)726597769
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
ix
1.
Setting the context
1
I.
Classical free trade theory
1
II.
Qualifications to the case for free trade
4
III.
Objections to free trade
8
IV.
Institutional history of international trade policy
10
V.
Governance and dispute settlement in the WTO
12
VI.
Preferential trade agreements
14
VII.
Overview of the substantive provisions of the GATT/WTO
16
VIII.
The Doha Round
23
2.
Dispute settlement under the GATT/WTO
24
I.
History
24
II.
The contemporary complaints process
26
III.
Utilization of the new dispute-settlement process
28
IV.
Critical issues in evaluating the dispute-settlement system in world trade law
29
3.
Tariffs and the Most Favoured Nation Principle
32
I.
The economic (welfare) effects of a tariff
32
II.
International tariff negotiations
33
III.
Domestic administration of tariffs
34
IV.
The Most Favoured Nation Principle
36
V.
Conclusions
42
4.
Preferential trade agreements
44
I.
Introduction
44
II.
The legal framework for preferential trade agreements under the GATT
45
III.
The contested case for preferential trade agreements
48
IV.
Conclusion
51
5.
The National Treatment Principle
53
I.
Introduction
53
II.
The GATT (pre-WTO) case law
54
III.
WTO (post-1995) case law
56
IV.
Critique of GATT/WTO case law
59
6.
Antidumping laws
61
I.
Introduction
61
II.
GATT/WTO provisions on antidumping
62
III.
Domestic administration of antidumping duties
66
IV.
Normative rationales for antidumping duties
70
V.
Reforming antidumping duty regimes
74
7.
Subsidies and countervailing duties
76
I.
Introduction
76
II.
The GATT subsidies regime
77
III.
The Uruguay Round Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) Agreement
79
IV.
WTO case law on the interpretation and application of subsidy rules
81
V.
Normative rationales for disciplines on subsidies
86
8.
Safeguards and adjustment assistance policies
89
I.
Introduction
89
II.
Substantive requirements of the GATT/WTO safeguards regime
93
III.
Rationales for safeguard regimes
97
IV.
Alternatives to safeguards
98
V.
Reforming the safeguards regime
99
9.
Trade and agriculture
100
I.
Introduction
100
II.
The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture
102
III.
The Doha Round Negotiations on Agriculture
104
IV.
The basic economics of agricultural supply management schemes
105
V.
Rationales for special protection of the agricultural sector
108
VI.
Breaking the impasse
110
10.
Trade in services
112
I.
Introduction
112
II.
The general agreement on trade in services (GATS)
113
III.
WTO case law on the GATS
119
IV.
Critiques of the GATS
121
V.
Alternative service liberalization modalities
121
11.
Trade and investment
125
I.
Introduction
125
II.
Multilateral regulation of foreign direct investment
127
III.
Bilateral investment treaties
129
IV.
Conclusion
134
12.
Trade-related intellectual property rights
135
I.
Introduction
135
II.
The pre-Uruguay Round international legal framework
136
III.
The Uruguay Round TRIPS Agreement
138
IV.
The essential medicines debate
142
13.
Trade policy and domestic health and safety regulation
147
I.
Introduction
147
II.
The GATT framework
148
III.
The SPS and TBT Agreements
152
IV.
Conclusion
160
14.
Trade policy and the environment
161
I.
Introduction
161
II.
Overview of GATT/WTO case law
163
III.
Trade policy and climate change
167
15.
Trade policy, labour standards and human rights
170
I.
Introduction
170
II.
Rationales for a trade policy--labour standards--human rights linkage
172
III.
Choice of instrument
174
16.
Trade policy and developing countries
178
I.
Introduction
178
II.
Special and differential treatment: an assessment
184
17.
Future challenges for the world trading system
191
Index
195