The WTO agreement on safeguards:a commentary

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sykes A. O
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Oxford commentaries on international law.Oxford commentaries on the GATT/WTO agreements
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Carrier Form: xxvi, 357 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0199277400 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780199277407 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: F744
CLC: F744
F741.2
F743
Call Number: F744/S983
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-257) and index.
The evolution of safeguard measures in the WTO/GATT system : an overview -- Economic policy considerations -- Preliminary issues in WTO safeguards disputes : burden of proof, standard of review, and the "record" -- Procedural obligations in the agreement on safeguards -- "Unforeseen developments" and "the effect of the obligations incurred" -- The increased quantities requirement -- Serious injury, threat and industry definition -- The causation requirement and "non-attribution" -- Permissible measures and their duration -- Compensation, retaliation and the prohibition of grey-area measures.