The Regulation of International Trade
Author: Petros C. Mavroidis
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Published: 2016
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Greening the GATT
Author: Daniel C. Esty
Publisher: Peterson Institute
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780881322057
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text examines the vital connections between trade, environment and development. It argues that current international trade rules and institutions must be significantly reformed to address environmental concerns while still promoting economic growth and development.
The Case Against "free Trade"
Author: Ralph Nader
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781556431692
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the notion of "free trade" and the issues raised by adopting the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Essays by Ralph Nader, Jerry Brown, William Greider, Margaret Atwood, Mark Ritchie, Wendell Berry, Pat Choate, and others.
GATT and Global Order in the Postwar Era
Author: Francine McKenzie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-04-09
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1108494897
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis history of GATT explains how trade was implicated in foreign policy and international relations and connected to global order.
Trade in Goods
Author: Petros C. Mavroidis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-07-19
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ISBN-13: 0191636592
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new edition of Trade in Goods is an authoritative work on international trade by one of the most influential scholars in the field. It provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of every WTO agreement dealing with trade in goods. The focus of the book is on the reasoning behind the various WTO agreements and their provisions, and the manner in which they have been understood in practice. It introduces both the historic as well as the economic rationale for the emergence of the multilateral trading system, before dealing with WTO practice in all areas involving trade in goods. It contests the claim that the international trade agreements themselves represent 'incomplete contracts', realized through interpretation by the WTO and other judicial bodies. The book comprehensively analyses the WTO's case law, and it argues that a more rigorous theoretical approach is needed to ensure a greater coherence in the interpretation of the core provisions regulating trade in goods. This second edition readdresses and moves beyond the discussion of the GATT presented in the first edition to assess in significant detail every trade in goods agreement at the WTO, both multilateral as well as plurilateral. The book is written to be accessible to those new to the field, with an authoritative level of detail and analysis that makes it essential reading for lawyers and economists alike.
Guide to the WTO and GATT
Author: Autar Krishen Koul
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-11-19
Total Pages: 712
ISBN-13: 9811320896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyzes how today's system of international trade law and international economic relations has evolved over the last six decades. Focusing on the major innovations that came with the inception of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with its various agreements in 1994, it also provides in-depth commentary on the intense debate over important matters that remain unsettled. Topics covered include the WTO dispute settlement mechanism; the General Agreement on Trade in Services (OATS); the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMS); intellectual property rights – the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS); areas still covered by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947; the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) concept; special provisions relating to agriculture and textiles; sanitary and phytosanitary measures; technical barriers to trade; pre-shipment inspection; and import licensing procedures. The book would be an excellent resource for scholars as well as practitioners working in the field of international arbitration and trade laws.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization).
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTariff Negotiations and Renegotiations under the GATT and the WTO
Author: Anwarul Hoda
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-11-29
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 1107194334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the past seven decades, since the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was established in 1947, there has been a phenomenal increase in international trade in goods, largely due to sustained efforts by the world's main trading nations to reduce and eliminate tariff barriers in a multilaterally orchestrated manner. This publication reviews how the procedures and practices relating to tariff negotiations and renegotiations have evolved over this time. In particular, this new edition recounts how negotiations to expand the duty-free coverage of the Information Technology Agreement were concluded and provides an account of tariff renegotiations regarding successive enlargements of the European Union. It also covers tariff negotiations for the accession of a number of new members to the WTO, such as China and Russia. This book will be of particular interest to negotiators, members of government, trade ministries, economists and academics specialized in trade policy.
A History of Law and Lawyers in the GATT/WTO
Author: Gabrielle Marceau
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-05-21
Total Pages: 689
ISBN-13: 1316299996
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow did a treaty that emerged in the aftermath of the Second World War, and barely survived its early years, evolve into one of the most influential organisations in international law? This unique book brings together original contributions from an unprecedented number of eminent current and former GATT and WTO staff members, including many current and former Appellate Body members, to trace the history of law and lawyers in the GATT/WTO and explore how the nature of legal work has evolved over the institution's sixty-year history. In doing so, it paints a fascinating portrait of the development of the rule of law in the multilateral trading system, and allows some of the most important personalities in GATT and WTO history to share their stories and reflect on the WTO's remarkable journey from a 'provisionally applied treaty' to an international organisation defined by its commitment to the rule of law.
The Genesis of the GATT
Author: Douglas A. Irwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-06-16
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 1139471341
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is part of a wider project on the economic logic behind the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). This volume asks: What does the historical record indicate about the aims and objectives of the framers of the GATT? Where did the provisions of the GATT come from and how did they evolve through various international meetings and drafts? To what extent does the historical record provide support for one or more of the economic rationales for the GATT? This book examines the motivations and contributions of the two main framers of the GATT, the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as the smaller role of other countries. The framers desired a commercial agreement on trade practices as well as negotiated reductions in trade barriers. Both were sought as a way to expand international trade to promote world prosperity, restrict the use of discriminatory policies to reduce conflict over trade, and thereby establish economic foundations for maintaining world peace.
