Understanding trade law

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Title:

Author:

Trebilcock, M. J.

ISBN:

9780857931498

9780857931450

Personal Author:

Trebilcock, M. J.

Publication Information:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, c2011.

Physical Description:

x, 204 p. ; 22 cm.

General Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

1. Setting the context -- 2. Dispute settlement under the GATT/WTO -- 3. Tariffs and the Most Favoured Nation Principle -- 4. Preferential trade agreements -- 5. The National Treatment Principle -- 6. Antidumping laws -- 7. Subsidies and countervailing duties -- 8. Safeguards and adjustment assistance policies -- 9. Trade and agriculture -- 10. Trade in services -- 11. Trade and investment -- 12. Trade-related intellectual property rights -- 13. Trade policy and domestic health and safety regulation -- 14. Trade policy and the environment -- 15. Trade policy, labour standards and human rights -- 16. Trade policy and developing countries -- 17. Future challenges for the world trading system.

Corporate Subject:

World Trade Organization.

Subject Term:

World Trade Organization.

Commercial treaties.

Foreign trade regulation.

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Summary

This book provides a short, straightforward account of the basic structure and principles of international trade law written by one of the leading authorities in this field.

The book covers, in a series of short chapters, all the major issues in international trade law, including dispute settlement; the Most Favoured Nation Principle; preferential trade agreements; the National Treatment Principle; contingent protection laws (anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards); trade and agriculture; trade and services; trade and investment; trade-related intellectual property rights; trade policy and domestic health; safety, environmental and labour regulation; and trade policy and developing countries. Each chapter sets out the basic provisions and relevant GATT/WTO agreements governing the issues in question, the central issues or conflicts that have arisen in the interpretation and application of these provisions, leading GATT/WTO case law generated by the formal dispute settlement processes of the GATT/WTO, and unresolved issues that remain a matter of controversy.

Understanding Trade Law will be a beneficial resource for undergraduate and graduate students studying the regulation of international trade, policy-makers in government, members of national and international NGOs with a special interest in international economic issues, as well as members of domestic interest groups concerned with trade issues. Anyone interested in acquiring a basic understanding of international trade law principles will also find this book invaluable.