The World Trade Organization: Legal, Economic and Political Analysis

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Interpretative History of the Uruguay Round Negotiation....Pages 3-25
The Politics of Trade Policy Development—The New Complexity....Pages 27-38
The Democratic Roots of the World Trade Organization....Pages 39-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-51
Institutional Framework....Pages 51-87
GATT 1994....Pages 89-186
The Agreement on Agriculture....Pages 187-229
The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures....Pages 231-370
The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade....Pages 371-409
The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing....Pages 411-435
The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures....Pages 437-483
The Anti-Dumping Agreement....Pages 485-529
The Agreement on Customs Valuation....Pages 531-572
The Agreement on Preshipment Inspection....Pages 573-590
The Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures....Pages 591-599
The Agreement on Rules of Origin....Pages 601-678
The Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures....Pages 679-734
Injury Determinations in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations....Pages 735-748
The Agreement on Safeguards....Pages 749-798
The General Agreement on Trade in Services....Pages 799-953
Financial Services....Pages 955-988
Front Matter....Pages 49-51
Telecommunications Services....Pages 989-1040
The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights....Pages 1041-1120
The Agreement on Government Procurement....Pages 1123-1163
The Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft and other Issues Relating to Civil Aircraft in the GATT/WTO System....Pages 1165-1195
Consultations....Pages 1197-1232
The Panel Process....Pages 1233-1276
The Appellate Body: Institutional and Procedural Aspects....Pages 1277-1339
Implementation and Enforcement of Dispute Settlement Decisions....Pages 1341-1369
A Re-Appraisal of Non-Violation Complaints Under the WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures....Pages 1371-1387
Some Thoughts on the Appellate Body....Pages 1389-1403
The Application of Non-WTO Rules of International Law in WTO Dispute Settlement....Pages 1405-1425
The Intervention of Private Entities and States as “Friends of the Court” in WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings....Pages 1427-1458
The WTO Agreement in European Community Law: Status, Effect and Enforcement....Pages 1459-1520
Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries....Pages 1523-1570
The National Security Provision—GATT Article XXI....Pages 1571-1579
Tariff Classification....Pages 1581-1599
Front Matter....Pages 1600-1601
Economic Principles of International Trade....Pages 1602-1621
Computational Analysis of Multilateral Trade Liberalization in the Uruguay Round and Doha Development Round....Pages 1622-1641
Safeguards....Pages 1642-1665
Anti-Dumping and Competition Law....Pages 1666-1681
Front Matter....Pages 1600-1601
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures....Pages 1682-1706
Agriculture....Pages 1707-1733
Environmental Issues....Pages 1734-1767
Labor Standards....Pages 1768-1785
Services: The Case of Postal Versus Express Delivery Services....Pages 1786-1798
Regulating Regional Trade Agreements—A Legal Analysis....Pages 1799-1842
The Economies in Transition, The WTO and Regionalism....Pages 1843-1857
Rules of Origin and Rules of Preference and the World Trade Organization: the Challenge to Global Trade Liberalization....Pages 1858-1887
Services in Regional Trading Arrangements....Pages 1888-1907
Rules for Foreign Direct Investment at the WTO: Building on Regional Trade Agreements....Pages 1908-1918
Regional Trading Arrangements and Developing Countries....Pages 1919-1932
LDCs in the Multilateral Trading System....Pages 1933-1973
Textiles and Developing Countries....Pages 1974-2009
The Trips Agreement and Developing Countries....Pages 2010-2046
Trade-Related Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building....Pages 2047-2058
Trade and Electronic Commerce....Pages 2059-2075
Trade and Competition Policy....Pages 2076-2099
Trade and the Environment....Pages 2100-2158
Trade and Labor I....Pages 2159-2183
Trade and Labor II....Pages 2184-2208
Front Matter....Pages 1600-1601
Trade and Human Rights I....Pages 2209-2247
Trade and Human Rights II....Pages 2248-2281
Trade and Gender....Pages 2282-2330
Trade and Culture....Pages 2331-2377
Front Matter....Pages 2378-2378
Argentina....Pages 2379-2403
Canada....Pages 2404-2421
China....Pages 2422-2446
Colombia....Pages 2447-2464
Egypt....Pages 2465-2484
The European Union....Pages 2485-2509
Indonesia....Pages 2510-2542
Japan....Pages 2543-2553
Korea....Pages 2554-2585
Mexico....Pages 2586-2618
Mongolia....Pages 2619-2637
New Zealand....Pages 2638-2655
Russia....Pages 2656-2702
Singapore....Pages 2703-2717
South Africa....Pages 2718-2745
The United States....Pages 2746-2802
Front Matter....Pages 2803-2803
Pursuing Global Free Trade: a Small Open Economy Perspective....Pages 2804-2821
Global Integration: Currents and Counter-Currents....Pages 2822-2837