Regional trade agreements and the WTO legal system
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Published: |
Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | 2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
International economic law series |
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Carrier Form: | xxxiv, 604 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780199206995 (hardback : alk. paper) 0199206996 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780199207008 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0199207003 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | F744 |
CLC: | F744 |
Call Number: | F744/R336 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-597) and index. 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? |