Full Description
This updated third edition of what has become a modern classic provides a succinct overview of the fundamental concepts of international trade law. Written by two leading scholars with 70 years of collective experience in the area, it discusses the basic structure and principles of trade law alongside specific GATT and WTO legal rules and institutions.
Key Features:
Presents accessible analytical summaries of trade law
Considers key legal concepts in diverse historical, political and economic contexts
Explores new areas including sustainable development, digital trade, gender, and security exceptions
Makes connections between different areas of trade law to create an integrated summary of the field
Includes extensive updates to refer to the most recent cases, decisions, and treaty negotiation developments
Interdisciplinary in scope, this authoritative third edition is designed for students and scholars of law, economics, political science, and international relations. Its insights will also benefit policy advisors, government officials, journalists, economists, and NGOs seeking to further their understanding of international trade law and policy.
Contents
Contents
1 Setting the context
2 Institutional structure of the WTO: treaty-making,
decision-making, and dispute settlement
3 Tariffs and the Most Favoured Nation principle
4 Preferential trade agreements
5 National treatment
6 Anti-dumping laws
7 Subsidies and countervailing duties
8 Safeguards and adjustment assistance policies
9 Trade and agriculture
10 Trade in services
11 Trade and investment
12 Trade-related intellectual property rights
13 Trade policy and domestic health and safety regulation
14 Trade policy and the environment
15 Trade policy, labour standards, human rights, and gender
16 Trade policy and developing countries
17 The international trade system under stress
Epilogue
