The Regulation of International Trade [electronic resource] : GATT /
Mavroidis, Petros C.,author.
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press,
2016.
A detailed examination of the GATT regime for international trade, discussing the negotiating record, policy background, economic rationale, and case law.
Specialized.
Description based upon print version of record.
Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 From GATT to the WTO; 1.1 Establishing a Multilateral Trade Order; 1.1.1 From Drudgery to Excitement; 1.1.2 Attempts to Liberalize Trade at the Multilateral Level; 1.1.3 Bretton Woods and Trade; 1.1.4 Follow-up to Bretton Woods; 1.1.5 Onto the World Scene; 1.1.6 The Negotiation of GATT; 1.1.7 Entry into Force; 1.1.8 Property Rights on GATT; 1.1.9 The People Who Made GATT Happen; 1.2 Why GATT?; 1.2.1 What Did Negotiators Have in Mind?; 1.2.2 Economic Theory; 1.2.3 Economics Meets the Negotiating Record; 1.3 The (Trans-)Formative Years
1.3.1 Flexibility Required1.3.2 The GATT Recipe for Trade Liberalization; 1.3.3 Becoming an Institution; 1.3.4 The GATT Rounds of Trade Liberalization; 1.3.5 The Transformations of GATT; 1.3.6 A Brief Appraisal of the GATT Record; 1.3.7 A Few Good Men; 1.3.8 A Gentlemen's Club; 1.4 Regulation of Trade in Goods in the WTO Era; 1.4.1 The "Old" and the "New" GATT; 1.4.2 The Relationship between GATT and the Other Annex 1A Agreements; 1.4.3 The Plurilateral Agreements; 1.4.4 Single Undertaking Versus "Clubs"; 1.4.5 The Protocols of Accession
1.4.6 The WTO Organs Administering Agreements on Trade in Goods2 Quantitative Restrictions; 2.1 The Legal Discipline and Its Rationale; 2.1.1 The Legal Discipline; 2.1.2 The Rationale for the Legal Discipline; 2.1.3 Discussion; 2.2 Coverage of the Legal Discipline; 2.2.1 General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions; 2.2.2 Quotas; 2.2.3 Import and Export Licenses; 2.2.4 Other Measures; 2.2.5 Measures Not Covered; 2.2.6 Attributing QRs to WTO Members; 2.2.7 Standard of Review; 2.2.8 The Relationship with Article III of GATT; 2.2.9 The Relationship with Article VIII of GATT; 2.3 Exceptions
2.3.1 Critical Shortages2.3.2 Standards for Classification, Grading, or Marketing of Commodities; 2.3.3 QRs Necessary for Enforcing Governmental Measures; 2.3.4 Balance of Payments (Articles XII and XVIII of GATT); 2.3.5 Exchange Restrictions; 2.3.6 Infant Industry Protection; 2.3.7 General Exceptions (Article XX of GATT); 2.3.8 National Security (Article XXI of GATT); 2.3.9 Safeguards (Article XIX of GATT); 2.3.10 Can QRs Be Permissible in Order to Avoid Dumping?; 2.4 Applying QRs; 2.4.1 Nondiscrimination, in Principle; 2.4.2 Nondiscrimination, in Practice; 2.4.3 Discriminatory QRs
2.4.4 Import Licensing in the WTO Era2.5 Institutional Issues; 2.5.1 The Committee on Market Access; 2.5.2 Transparency; 2.6 Concluding Remarks; 3 Tariffs; 3.1 The Legal Discipline and Its Rationale; 3.1.1 The Legal Discipline; 3.1.2 The Rationale for the Legal Discipline; 3.1.3 Discussion; 3.2 Expressing Goods in a Common Language; 3.2.1 The Harmonized System; 3.3 The Types of Duties Bound; 3.3.1 Reciprocity; 3.3.2 OCDs and ODCs; 3.3.3 What Is an Ordinary Customs Duty?; 3.3.4 What Is an Other Duty or Charge?; 3.3.5 Terms, Conditions, and Qualifications; 3.3.6 Consolidating Nontariff Barriers
3.4 The Forum for Tariff Concessions
A detailed examination of the GATT regime for international trade, discussing the negotiating record, policy background, economic rationale, and case law.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Description based on print version record.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)
World Trade Organization.
Foreign trade regulation.