Guide To The Wto And Gatt

Author : Autar Krishen Koul
Publisher : Springer
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789811320897

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This 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.

Author : Autar Krishen Koul
Publisher : Springer
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9811320888

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Guide to the WTO and GATT by Autar Krishen Koul Pdf

This 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.

Author : Autar Krishan Koul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9041124896

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Guide to the WTO and GATT by Autar Krishan Koul Pdf

In this very thorough but highly accessible book an eminent legal scholar clearly explains today's system of international trade law and international economic relations as it has evolved over the last six decades. Focusing inevitably on the major innovations that came with the inception in 1994 of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with its various agreements, the analysis also provides in-depth commentary on the intense debate over important matters than remain unsettled. Among the aspects of the subject treated in depth are the following: the WTO dispute settlement mechanism; services the General Agreement on Trade in Services (OATS); investments 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 author describes all the major precedent-setting cases in WTO jurisprudence and analyzes their effect to date and the trends they have set in motion, particularly as they relate to perceived discrimination against developing nations which must balance their WTO commitments with the structural adjustments demanded by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) regimes. Arguments within the WTO and among scholars over such controversial matters as regulation of competition, setting of labour standards, and environmental controls as well as thorny concerns raised by enforcement of intellectual property rights and limitation on investments are held up to close scrutiny for their legal merits. This rigorous approach, in addition to its uncompromising detail and revealing clarity, assure this book of a place in the practice library of lawyers, officials, and policymakers in the field for many years to come.

Author : World Trade Organization
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108417273

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A Handbook on the WTO Dispute Settlement System by World Trade Organization Pdf

The WTO dispute settlement system has become one of the most dynamic, effective and successful international dispute settlement systems in the world over the past twenty years. This second edition of A Handbook on the WTO Dispute Settlement System has been compiled by the dispute settlement lawyers of the WTO Secretariat with a view to providing a practice-oriented account of the system. In addition to describing the existing rules and procedures, this accessibly written handbook explains how those rules and procedures have been interpreted by dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body, and how they have evolved over time. The handbook provides practical information to help various audiences understand the day-to-day operation of the WTO dispute settlement system.

Author : Autar Krishan Koul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign trade regulation
ISBN : UCSD:31822035376128

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Guide to the WTO and GATT by Autar Krishan Koul Pdf

Organisation (wto) Law, Economics And : Politics The book 'The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) World Trade Organisation (WTO). Law, Economics and Politics is written primarly to acquaint the initiated and the uninitiated in the subject of International Trade Law and Internatioanl Economic Relations which have evolved for the last five decades after the Bretton Woods Conference establishing ITO, IMF and IBRD and substituted GATT 1994, WTO after the Uruguay round negotiations.

Author : Autar Krishan Koul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Foreign trade regulation
ISBN : 9382823883

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Guide to the WTO and GATT by Autar Krishan Koul Pdf

Author : World Trade Organization. Secretariat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521880596

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A Handbook on Reading WTO Goods and Services Schedules by World Trade Organization. Secretariat Pdf

This is a detailed guide to reading WTO Schedules of Commitments for Goods and Services.

Author : Thilo Rensmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319566634

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Mega-Regional Trade Agreements by Thilo Rensmann Pdf

This book provides an in-depth analysis of "Mega-Regionals", the new generation of trans-regional free-trade agreements (FTAs) currently under negotiation, and their effect on the future of international economic law. The main focus centres on the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), but the findings are also applicable to similar agreements under negotiation, such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).The specific features of Mega-Regional Trade Agreements raise a number of issues with respect to their potential effect on the current system of international trade and investment law. These include the consequences of Mega-Regionals for the most-favoured-nation (MFN) principle, their relation to the multilateral system of the World Trade Organization (WTO), their democratic legitimacy and their interaction with existing bilateral investment treaties (BITs).The book is intended for academics and practitioners working in the field of international economic law.

Author : Amrita Narlikar,Martin Daunton,Robert M. Stern
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199586103

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The Oxford Handbook on The World Trade Organization by Amrita Narlikar,Martin Daunton,Robert M. Stern Pdf

This handbook provides a holistic understanding of what the World Trade Organization does, how it goes about fulfilling its tasks, its achievements and problems, and how it might contend with some critical challenges.

Author : Craig VanGrasstek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822040886871

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The History and Future of the World Trade Organization by Craig VanGrasstek Pdf

This comprehensive account of the establishment of the WTO focuses on those who shaped its creation as well as those who have influenced its evolution. It also examines trade negotiations, the WTO's dispute settlement role, the process of joining, and what lies ahead for the organization.

Author : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCBK:C107411463

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Most-favoured-nation Treatment by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Pdf

The publication contains an explanation of Most Favored Nation (MFN) treatment and some of the key issues that arise in its negotiation, particularly the scope and application of MFN treatment to the liberalization and protection of foreign investors in recent treaty practice. The paper provides policy options as regards the traditional application of MFN treatment and identifies reactions by States to the unexpected broad use of MFN treatment, and provides several drafting options, such as specifying or narrowing down the scope of application of MFN treatment to certain types of activities, clarifying the nature of "treatment" under the IIA, clarifying the comparison that an arbitral tribunal needs to undertake as well as a qualification of the comparison "in like circumstances" or excluding its use in investor-State cases.

Author : Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder,Daniel Magraw,Maria Julia Oliva,Elisabeth Tuerk,Marcos Orellana
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849771153

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Environment and Trade by Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder,Daniel Magraw,Maria Julia Oliva,Elisabeth Tuerk,Marcos Orellana Pdf

International trade rules have significant impacts on environmental law and policy, at the domestic, regional and global levels. At the World Trade Organization (WTO), dispute settlement tribunals are increasingly called to decide on environment- and health-related questions. Can governments treat products differently based on environmental considerations? Can they block the import of highly carcinogenic asbestos-containing products or genetically modified crops? Does the WTO allow governments to protect dolphins or endangered sea turtles through the use of import restrictions on certain products? How can civil society participate in WTO dispute settlement? This Guide, authored by five world leaders on international environmental and trade law at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), is an accessible, comprehensive, one-of-a-kind compendium of environment and trade jurisprudence under the WTO. Providing an overview for both experts and non-experts of the major themes relevant to environment and trade, it also analyses how WTO tribunals have approached these themes in concrete disputes and provides selected excerpts of the most significant cases.

Author : David Collins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780745794

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The World Trade Organization by David Collins Pdf

One of the most important yet least understood organizations in the world, the WTO is a lynchpin of globalization, allowing us to enjoy products and services from around the globe. However, it also lays bare the frailty of many industries, leading some to claim that it stokes unemployment and harms the developing world. In this engaging introduction, David Collins examines the goals of the WTO and the difficulties experienced by member countries struggling to adapt to the pressures of globalization. Refuting the argument that the WTO should expand its mandate to cover wider social issues, Collins demonstrates how this would confuse the organization’s primary objective – to liberalize international trade. With case studies straight from the headlines and clear explanations of complex issues like regional trade agreements and currency manipulation, this lucid exposition is an essential insight into what the WTO does and how it fits into the world we know.

Author : Peter Gallagher
Publisher : Springer
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015050768087

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Guide to the WTO and Developing Countries by Peter Gallagher Pdf

Developing countries comprise a two-thirds majority of the membership of the World Trade Organization, with nearly thirty of these classed by the UN as being among the 48 least-developed countries in the world. In order to ensure the equitable participation of these countries in the benefits of the global trading system, the GATT Uruguay Round Agreements that created the WTO accorded special and differential treatment to developing countries. This Guide covers these provisions of the WTO Agreements, with detailed information on how developing countries can benefit from special rules governing such areas as: access to developed country markets in all major commodities and services, the dispute settlement process, trade policy review, foreign direct investment, environmental and labour standards, and technical assistance. The Guide also offers the reader case studies on how some developing country members of the WTO (Uganda, India, and CandÔte d'Ivoire) are making progress in working with the obligations and the benefits provided to them by the WTO Agreements.

Author : Gabrielle Marceau
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107448441

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A History of Law and Lawyers in the GATT/WTO by Gabrielle Marceau Pdf

How 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.