The World Trade Organization : law, practice, and policy

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Title:

Author:

Matsushita, Mitsuo, 1933-

ISBN:

9780199284566

9780199208005

Personal Author:

Matsushita, Mitsuo, 1933-

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Physical Description:

cvii, 989 p. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Oxford international law library

Series Title:

Oxford international law library

General Note:

Previous ed.: 2003.

Contents:

The world trade organization -- Sources of law -- WTO law and domestic law -- Dispute settlement -- Enforcement of WTO obligations : remedies and compliance -- The most-favored-nation principle -- The national treatment principle -- Tariffs, quotas, and other barriers to market access -- Agriculture -- Subsidies and countervailing duties -- Antidumping -- Safeguards -- Technical barriers to trade : TBT and SPS -- Preferential trade agreements in the WTO -- Export controls and national security -- Trade in services -- Intellectual property -- Government procurement -- Developing countries -- Environmental protection and trade -- Trade and investment -- Competition policy and trade -- Future challenges.

Corporate Subject:

World Trade Organization.

Subject Term:

International trade.

International law.

Foreign trade regulation.

Added Author:

Schoenbaum, Thomas J.

Mavroidis, Petros C.

Copies:

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Summary

The WTO is one of the most important intergovernmental organizations in the world, yet the way in which it functions as an organization and the scope of its authority and power are still poorly understood. This comprehensively revised new edition of the acclaimed work by an outstanding team of WTO law specialists, provides a complete overview of the law and practice of the WTO. The authors begin with the institutional law of the WTO (such as the sources of law and remedies of the dispute settlement system), then tackle the principal substantive obligations of the WTO regime (including tariffs, quotas, and MFN). They then move on to consider unfair trade, regional trading arrangements, and developing countries. In its final section the book deals with the consequences of globalization: firstly where WTO law confronts legal regimes governing issues of competition and intellectual property, and secondly, where free trade is seen to be incompatible with certain human rights. This edition also includes new chapters on trade in agriculture and on government procurement and trade.This book will be of interest to all scholars, students, and practitioners seeking to understand this pivotal yet controversial international organization and world trade in general.