Redesigning The World Trade Organization For The Twenty First Century

Author : Debra P. Steger
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781554587957

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Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the Twenty-first Century by Debra P. Steger Pdf

Two high-level commissions—the Sutherland report in 2004, and the Warwick Commission report in 2007—addressed the future of the World Trade Organization and made proposals for incremental reform. This book goes further; it explains why institutional reform of the WTO is needed at this critical juncture in world history and provides innovative, practical proposals for modernizing the WTO to enable it to respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Contributors focus on five critical areas: transparency, decision- and rule-making procedures, internal management structures, participation by non-governmental organizations and civil society, and relationships with regional trade agreements. Co-published with the International Development Research Centre and the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Author : Debra P. Steger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : World Trade Organization
ISBN : OCLC:795844989

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Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the Twenty-first Century by Debra P. Steger Pdf

Author : Teddy Soobramanien,Brendan Vickers,Hilary Enos-Edu
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849291866

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WTO Reform by Teddy Soobramanien,Brendan Vickers,Hilary Enos-Edu Pdf

The publication provides historical and up-to-date insights into how reform can be transformational and progressive in nature and broadens the debate by focusing not only on new pathways for decision-making but also on important issues such as the environment and the SDGs. Finally, it highlights the importance of keeping the multilateral trading system alive for the benefit of all states, particularly for small states, Least Developed Countries and sub-Saharan African countries. WTO Reform: Reshaping Global Trade Governance for 21st Century Challenges, is designed to serve as a valuable resource for government officials, trade negotiators, journalists, academics and researchers who are attempting to sort through the complexities of the organisation and the role they can play in supporting a fairer, more inclusive WTO and multilateral trading system.

Author : Kent Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199366064

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Reconstructing the World Trade Organization for the 21st Century by Kent Jones Pdf

The institutional shortcomings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) became apparent during the Doha Round of Trade negotiations that began in 2001 and which aimed to improve the success of developing countries' trading by lowering trade barriers and adjusting other trade rules. This "development agenda" meant different things to rich and poor countries. In addition, many of the circumstances that supported success in General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations of 1947 were no longer present after the WTO was founded in 1995. In Reconstructing the World Trade Organization for the 21st Century, Kent Jones examines the difficulties of the WTO in completing multilateral trade negotiations and possible ways to restore its ability to do so. The problem lies in the institutional structure it inherited from the GATT, which was designed for a more limited scope of trade negotiations among a relatively small number of wealthier, industrialized countries. Jones presents an institutional model of the GATT/WTO system, which describes why such an organization exists and how it is supposed to accomplish its goals. Institutional reforms will be necessary to restore the WTO's ability to complete global trade agreements, including a more flexible application of the consensus rule, a common understanding among all members about the limits of domestic policy space that is subject to negotiation, and clearer rules on reciprocity obligations. The popularity of bilateral and regional trade agreements, which have emerged as the alternative to WTO agreements, presents a threat to the WTO's relevance in trade negotiations, but also an opportunity to "multilateralize" new and deeper trade integration in future WTO agreements. Aid for trade may also play an instrumental role in bringing more developing countries into WTO disciplines. Above all, WTO members must develop new ways to find common ground in order to negotiate for mutual gains from trade.

Author : Robert W. Staiger
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262047302

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A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century by Robert W. Staiger Pdf

When designing a world trading system for the twenty-first century, “Keep calm and carry on” beats “Move fast and break things.” Global trade is in trouble. Climate change, digital trade, offshoring, the rise of emerging markets led by China: Can the World Trade Organization (WTO), built for trade in the twentieth century, meet the challenges of the twenty-first? The answer is yes, Robert Staiger tells us, arguing that adapting the WTO to the changed economic environment would serve the world better than a radical reset. Governed by the WTO, on the principles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), global trade rules traditionally focus on “shallow integration”—with an emphasis on reducing tariffs and trade impediments at the border—rather than “deep integration,” or direct negotiations over behind-the-border measures. Staiger charts the economic environment that gave rise to the former approach, explains when and why it worked, and surveys the changing landscape for global trade. In his analysis, the terms-of-trade theory of trade agreements provides a compelling framework for understanding the success of GATT in the twentieth century. And according to this understanding, Staiger concludes, the logic of GATT's design transcends many, if not all, of the current challenges faced by the WTO. With its penetrating view of the evolving global economic environment, A World Trading System for the Twenty-First Century shows us a global trading system in need of reform, and Staiger makes a persuasive case for using the architecture of the GATT/WTO as a basis for that reform.

Author : Alexei Kireyev,Chiedu Osakwe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108421287

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Trade Multilateralism in the Twenty-First Century by Alexei Kireyev,Chiedu Osakwe Pdf

The book explores the impact of recent WTO accession experiences on the development of the multilateral trading system.

Author : Bernard M. Hoekman,Ernesto Zedillo
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780815729051

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Trade in the 21st Century by Bernard M. Hoekman,Ernesto Zedillo Pdf

Despite troubled trade negotiations, global trade—and trade policy—will thrive in the twenty-first century, but with a bow to the past. The repeated failures since 2001 of global trade negotiations and continuing uncertainties about the ultimate success of mega-regional trade agreements, like the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership, have raised widespread questions about the future of global trade policy. In Trade in the 21st Century, two distinguished experts argue that, despite appearances to the contrary, not only is trade policy alive and well, but also that there are grounds for optimism about the prospects for international trade and investment growth in the twenty-first century. Trade in the 21st Century asks a central question: Was the creation of the World Trade Organization in 1995 the high point of multilateral cooperation on trade and investment matters? Is it possible that, in the two decades since its founding, fundamental changes in technology and the structure of international production—such as global value chains and digitization of products—are leading to a renewed focus on unilateral policy processes and regional cooperation, to the detriment of the World Trade Organization? Trade in the 21st Century, with contributions by some of the world’s leading writers on trade, covers the key topics in the field: trade policy dynamics in the European Union and the United States; policies by and toward emerging economies, including China; incentives for governments to further open trade or reject past liberalization; implications of mega-regional trade agreements; and issues around digital trade, trade in services, agricultural trade policies; and trade and climate change policies.

Author : Michal Parizek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429748752

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Negotiations in the World Trade Organization by Michal Parizek Pdf

This book examines the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the context of the global economy in the twenty-first century, arguing that many problems within the institution lie in the disparity between its design and the nature of its tasks. Studying the global trade regime and the unsuccessful Doha round of trade liberalization negotiations, this volume suggests that important institutional adjustments may be necessary for the WTO and other major international institutions to (re-)gain their ability to manage global economy. It uses extensive new qualitative and quantitative evidence to identify systematic dysfunctions in how the Doha negotiations have been conducted and links these dysfunctions to the exclusively inter-governmental design of interest representation in the WTO. Based on this, the book argues that global economic institutions should consider allowing broader parliamentary and non-state representation of their members. Presenting findings which can also be applied to other global economic institutions, Negotiations in the World Trade Organization will be useful to students and scholars of international trade, global governance and international political economy.

Author : Klaus Gunter Deutsch,Bernhard Speyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134557172

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The World Trade Organization Millennium Round by Klaus Gunter Deutsch,Bernhard Speyer Pdf

This book draws together key issues resulting from the World Trade Organisation's planned 'Millennium Round' and the hope that it will lead to freer trade as we begin this new century.

Author : Jo Marie Griesgraber,Bernhard G. Gunter
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022353747

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World Trade by Jo Marie Griesgraber,Bernhard G. Gunter Pdf

In this volume, contributors look at how the destruction of tariff barriers on a world scale opens the weaker economies to the power of the transnational corporations, and often leads to greater impoverishment of already poor countries and peoples. They discuss strategies and ideas for the creation of an economic climate which would allow free and fair trade for everyone in the 21st century.

Author : Richard Baldwin,Masahiro Kawai,Ganeshan Wignaraja
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Asia
ISBN : 9781783479283

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A World Trade Organization for the 21st Century by Richard Baldwin,Masahiro Kawai,Ganeshan Wignaraja Pdf

ø Policy makers will benefit from the expert knowledge and policy lessons presented in this book, and development economists and researchers will profit from its critical examination of the world trading system. Undergraduate and postgraduate studen

Author : Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139499415

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Making Global Trade Governance Work for Development by Carolyn Deere Birkbeck Pdf

Discussion of the governance of global trade and the multilateral trading system is too often dominated by developed-country scholars and opinion-makers, with inadequate attention given to developing country perspectives. Making Global Trade Governance Work for Development gathers a diversity of developing country views on how to improve the governance of global trade and the WTO to better advance sustainable development and respond to the needs of developing countries. With contributions by senior scholars, commentators and practitioners, the essays combine new, empirically-grounded research with practical insights about the trade policy-making process. They consider the specific governance issues of interest to developing countries and acknowledge the changing dynamics in the global economy and in trade decision-making.

Author : John Howard Jackson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262600277

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The World Trading System by John Howard Jackson Pdf

Since the first edition of The World Trading System was published in 1989, the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations has been completed, and most governments have ratified and are in the process of implementing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). In the Uruguay Round, more than 120 nations negotiated for over eight years, to produce a document of some 26,000 pages. This new edition of The World Trading System takes account of these and other developments. Like the first edition, however, its treatment of topical issues is grounded in the fundamental legal, constitutional, institutional, and political realities that mold trade policy. Thus the book continues to serve as an introduction to the study of trade law and policy. Two basic premises of The World Trading System are that economic concerns are central to foreign affairs, and that national economies are growing more interdependent. The author presents the economic principles of international trade policy and then examines how they operate under real- world constraints. In particular, he examines the extremely elaborate system of rules that governs international economic relations. Until now, the bulk of international trade policy has addressed trade in goods; issues inadequately addressed by policy include trade in services, intellectual property rights, certain investment measures, and agriculture. The author highlights the tension between legal rules, designed to create predictability and stability, and the governments need to make exceptions to solve short-term problems. He also looks at weaknesses of international trade policy, especially as it applies to developing countries and economies in transition. He concludes with a look at issues that will shape international trade policy well into the twenty-first century.

Author : Amrita Narlikar,Martin Daunton,Robert M. Stern
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191628436

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

The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization provides an authoritative and cutting-edge account of the World Trade Organization. Its purpose is to provide a holistic understanding of what the WTO does, how it goes about fulfilling its tasks, its achievements and problems, and how it might contend with some critical challenges. The Handbook benefits from an interdisciplinary approach. The editorial team comprises a transatlantic partnership between a political scientist, a historian, and an economist. The distinguished and international team of contributors to the volume includes leading political scientists, historians, economists, lawyers, and practitioners working in the area of multilateral trade. All the chapters present original and state-of-the-art research material. They critically engage with existing academic and policy debates, and also contribute to the evolution of the field by setting the agenda for current and future WTO studies.The Handbook is aimed at research institutions, university academics, post-graduate students, and final-year undergraduates working in the areas of international organization, trade policy and negotiations, global economic governance, and economic diplomacy. As such, it should find an enthusiastic readership amongst students and scholars in History, Economics, Political Science, International Relations, Public Policy, and Law. Equally important, the book should have direct relevance for diplomats, international bureaucrats, government officials, and other policy-makers and practitioners in the area of trade and economic governance.

Author : Khosrow Fatemi
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0080427650

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International Trade in the 21st Century by Khosrow Fatemi Pdf

Tackles some of the unresolved issues in international trade. This book examines issues such as: the continuing controversy over NAFTA; globalised trade policy agreements vs local trade agreements; global leadership; the development and impact of the WTO; the single European market; trade controls; transition economies; and more.