Regional trade agreements and the WTO legal system
By: edited by Lorand Bartels and Federico Ortino.
Contributors: Bartels, Lorand.; Ortino, Federico.
Series: International economic law series; International economic law series (Oxford, England)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 604
ISBN-13: 9780199206995; 9780199207008
Subjects: World Trade Organization -- Rules and practice; Foreign trade regulation; Trade blocs; Regionalism; Tariff -- Law and legislation
Description: '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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-597) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Framework issues; title: Economic analysis of regional trade agreements; title: The political economy of regional trade agreements; title: Constitutional functions of the WTO and regional trade agreements; title: II. WTO regulation of regional trade agreements; title: Regional trade agreements and domestic regulation : what reach for 'other restrictive regulations of commerce'?; title: 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; title: Do rules of origin in free trade agreements comply with Article XXIV GATT?; title: III. WTO-plus issues in regional trade agreements; title: Services liberalization in regional trade agreements : lessons for GATS 'unfinished business'?; title: International agreements covering foreign investment in services : patterns and linkages; title: TRIPS-plus provisions in FTAs : recent trends; title: Competition law and regional trade agreements : an overview; title: Is mutual recognition an alternative to harmonization? Lessons on trade and tolerance of diversity from the EU; title: The WTO and regional trade agreements as competing fora for constitutional reforms : trade and human rights; title: Sustainable-development in regional trade agreements; title: IV. Dispute settlement in regional trade agreements; title: Dispute settlement in the WTO and RTAs : a comment; title: NAFTA dispute settlement : creative experiment or confusion?; title: Dispute settlement in European Union free trade agreements : lessons learned?; title: Dispute settlement in bilateral trade agreements : the EFTA experience; title: Dispute settlement in the proposed East Asia Free Trade Agreement : lessons learned from the ASEAN, the NAFTA, and the EU; title: V. Interfaces between the WTO and regional trade agreements; title: The EU and its member states in the WTO-Issues of responsibility; title: Overlaps and conflicts of jurisdiction between the World Trade Organization and regional trade agreements; title: Applicability of WTO law in regional trade agreements : identifying the links; title: What role is there for regional international law in the interpretation of the WTO agreements?