The history and future of the World Trade Organization
By: by Craig VanGrasstek
Contributors: World Trade Organization
Publisher: World Trade Organization
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 646
ISBN-13: 9789287038715
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: History; Foreign trade regulation; International trade; WTO; Internationale Zuständigkeit; World Trade Organization
Description: "The History and Future of the World Trade Organization draws on a wealth of human, documentary and statistical sources to examine in depth the economic, political and legal issues surrounding the creation of the WTO in 1995 and its subsequente evolution. Among the topics covered are the intellectual roots of the trading system, membership of the WTO and the growth of the Geneva trade community, trade negotiations and the development of coalitions among the membership, and the WTO's relations with other international organizations and civil society". -- BACKCOVER.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-619) and index.
Table of contents: title: The foundations of the WTO; title: Membership and representation; title: Rules, norms and enforcement; title: Negotiations; title: The organization, the institution and the future.