Between 1992 and 2000, US exports rose by 55 percent. By the year 2000, trade summed to 26 percent of US GDP, and the United States imported almost two-thirds of its oil and was the world's largest host country for foreign investors. America's interest in a more open and prosperous foreign market is now squarely economic. These case studies in multilateral trade policymaking and dispute settlement explore the changing substance of trade agreements and also delve into the negotiation process--the who, how, and why of decision making. These books present a coherent description of the facts that will allow for discussion and independent conclusions about policies, politics, and processes. Volume 2 presents five cases on trade negotiations that have had important effects on trade policy rulemaking, as well as an analytic framework for evaluating these negotiations.
These case studies in multilateral trade policymaking and dispute settlement explore the changing substance of trade agreements and also delve into the negotiation process-the who, how, and why of decisionmaking. They allow the reader to see how trade policy actually works and are an ideal way to bring the reality of trade policy into the classroom. The books present a coherent description of the facts that will allow for discussion and independent conclusions about policies, politics, and processes. Volume 1 presents five cases on trade negotiations that have had important effects on trade policy rulemaking, as well as an analytic framework for evaluating these negotiations and introductions to the policy issues each case is concerned with. Volume 2 presents six case studies on key trade disputes at the WTO as well as an introductory essay dealing with dispute resolution in the trading system.
"Volume 1 of this series presents five cases on trade negotiations that have had important effects on trade policy rulemaking, and an analytic framework for evaluating these negotiations."--BOOK JACKET.
There was a time when international trade negotiations primarily concerned lowering national tariffs on goods, but that is in the distant past. In addition to goods and so many kinds of services, trade negotiations today establish or involve international policies on investment, labor rights, the environment, competition policy, government procurement, electronic commerce, intellectual property rights, and even food safety and access to medicines. For the sick person, access to the right medicine can make the difference between life and death, making this an important public health issue. At the same time, most medicines are developed, tested, produced, and distributed by commercial enterprises. The protection of property rights - including the intellectual property that such inventions as medicine embody - is fundamental to commerce, and thus, the economic value of medicine is derived from the ability to control access to the knowledge that can produce medicine. But what if these two important policy goals conflict? In the 1990s, trade negotiations created new international trade rules for protecting intellectual property, generating heated conflict because of their possible impact on public health, as the book under review, Case Studies in US Trade Negotiation, explains. International trade negotiations now touch on so many aspects of contemporary life, making the publication of Case Studies in US Trade Negotiation especially timely. This two-volume book, published by the Peterson Institute for International Economics, vividly illustrates the nature and dynamics of recent U.S. international trade negotiations and related policy making. The first volume applies an emerging negotiation framework to specific cases. The case studies were written originally for the case program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and the collection seems to be primarily designed as a teaching tool. Teachers and students of American public policy will find these excellent cases especially useful. They are remarkably thorough, of high quality, and full of policy insights. The authors also apply negotiation theory quite well as far as they go, but this aspect is incomplete and it is not applied at all in volume 2. The book is not designed to offer any new negotiation concepts or methods of negotiation analysis, but rather, it seeks to demonstrate the application of a theoretical framework that has evolved over the last ten years. Also, the length of these case studies (forty to sixty pages) may discourage some teachers and busy practitioners from their use. Apart from its contributions to teaching, the book will also be valuable to trade scholars. Those seeking an introduction to the practice of trade negotiation can learn much from it. Veteran trade policy researchers will also find rich original contributions to the available stock of evidence.
This 2005 compilation of 45 case studies documents disparate experiences among economies in addressing the challenges of participating in the WTO. It demonstrates that success or failure is strongly influenced by how governments and private sector stakeholders organise themselves at home. The contributors, mainly from developing countries, give examples of participation with lessons for others. They show that when the system is accessed and employed effectively, it can serve the interests of poor and rich countries alike. However, a failure to communicate among interested parties at home often contributes to negative outcomes on the international front. Above all, these case studies demonstrate that the WTO creates a framework within which sovereign decision-making can unleash important opportunities or undermine the potential benefits flowing from a rules-based international environment that promotes open trade.
This volume is an essential, cutting-edge reference for all practitioners, students, and teachers in the field of dispute resolution. Each chapter was written specifically for this collection and has never before been published. The contributors--drawn from a wide range of academic disciplines--contains many of the most prominent names in dispute resolution today, including Frank E. A. Sander, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Bruce Patton, Lawrence Susskind, Ethan Katsh, Deborah Kolb, and Max Bazerman. The Handbook of Dispute Resolution contains the most current thinking about dispute resolution. It synthesizes more than thirty years of research into cogent, practitioner-focused chapters that assume no previous background in the field. At the same time, the book offers path-breaking research and theory that will interest those who have been immersed in the study or practice of dispute resolution for years. The Handbook also offers insights on how to understand disputants. It explores how personality factors, emotions, concerns about identity, relationship dynamics, and perceptions contribute to the escalation of disputes. The volume also explains some of the lessons available from viewing disputes through the lens of gender and cultural differences.
This best-selling casebook has already helped thousands of students master the fundamentals of dispute resolution. With its broad, comprehensive coverage & direct, accessible approach, DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Negotiation, Mediation, & Other Processes, Third Edition, is ideally suited for use in the traditional ADR survey course. For each of the three main branches of alternative dispute resolution negotiation, mediation, & arbitration the authors: critically examine the branch & its "hybrid" offshoots present careful explanations giving students a solid foundation for future practice describe & analyze applications & their appropriate environments present hypothetical exercises that allow students to evaluate the technique Scrupulously updated for its Third Edition, DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Negotiation, Mediation, & Other Processes now offers: new social science findings on the effectiveness of mediation new coverage of mediation regulation a new section on mediation in the context of cultural differences more detailed treatment of ethics issue timely material on malpractice liability & non-union arbitration a new appendix providing a Research Guide to ADR new problems of the same high quality the book has always represented For the latest coverage of the most important issues in ADR, you can depend on Goldberg, Sander, & Rogers & their proven-effective casebook, which is accompanied by a solid Teacher's Manual.
