Regional trade agreements and the WTO legal system /

'Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO Legal System' introduces the economic & political underpinnings of regional trade agreements, their constitutional functions, & their role as a locus for integrating trade & human rights.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bartels, Lorand, Ortino, Federico
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:	International economic law series (Oxford, England)
Subjects:	World Trade Organization > Rules and practice. World Trade Organization Organisation mondiale du commerce > Règlements et procédure. Foreign trade regulation. Trade blocs. Regionalism. Tariff > Law and legislation. Commerce international > Réglementation. Blocs commerciaux. Régionalisme. 83.42 international trade. Droit commercial international. Organisation mondiale du commerce. Accords de libre-échange. Unions douanières. Organisations régionales. Foreign trade regulation Regionalism Tariff > Law and legislation Trade blocs Freihandelsabkommen Recht Regionale Wirtschaftskooperation Handelsverdragen. Regionale ontwikkeling. Vrijhandelszones. GATT. World Trade Organization. Regional trade agreements. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. International trade. Commerce extérieur > Droit. Tarif douanier > Droit. Electronic books. Rules Rules and practice.
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Table of Contents:

I. Framework issues
Economic analysis of regional trade agreements
The political economy of regional trade agreements
Constitutional functions of the WTO and regional trade agreements
II. WTO regulation of regional trade agreements
Regional trade agreements and domestic regulation: what reach for 'other restrictive regulations of commerce'?
Mandatory abolition of anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards in customs unions and free trade areas constituted between WTO members: revisiting a long-standing discussion in light of the appellate body's Turkey-Textiles ruling
Do rules of origin in free trade agreements comply with Article XXIV GATT?
III. WTO-plus issues in regional trade agreements
Services liberalization in regional trade agreements: lessons for GATS 'unfinished business'?
International agreements covering foreign investment in services: patterns and linkages
TRIPS-plus provisions in FTAs: recent trends
Competition law and regional trade agreements: an overview
Is mutual recognition an alternative to harmonization? Lessons on trade and tolerance of diversity from the EU
The WTO and regional trade agreements as competing fora for constitutional reforms: trade and human rights
Sustainable-development in regional trade agreements
IV. Dispute settlement in regional trade agreements
Dispute settlement in the WTO and RTAs: a comment
NAFTA dispute settlement: creative experiment or confusion?
Dispute settlement in European Union free trade agreements: lessons learned?
Dispute settlement in bilateral trade agreements: the EFTA experience
Dispute settlement in the proposed East Asia Free Trade Agreement: lessons learned from the ASEAN, the NAFTA, and the EU
V. Interfaces between the WTO and regional trade agreements
The EU and its member states in the WTO-Issues of responsibility
Overlaps and conflicts of jurisdiction between the World Trade Organization and regional trade agreements
Applicability of WTO law in regional trade agreements: identifying the links
What role is there for regional international law in the interpretation of the WTO agreements?