Full Description
The book discusses the regulatory framework of contingent protection in the World Trade Organization - antidumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards - as well as an economic analysis of these instruments. The book's various chapters illuminate the basic functioning of all three.
Contents
Introduction; 1. An overview of the agreement on subsidies and countervailing measures - including a discussion of the agreement on agriculture Jan Wouters and Dominic Coppens; 2. Do the world trade organization disciplines on domestic subsidies make sense? The case for legalizing some subsidies Rob Howse; 3. Subsidies and countervailing measures: determining the benefits of subsidies Joseph Francois; 4. The enduring problem of WTO export subsidies rules Andrew Green and Michael Trebilcock; 5. The Boeing-Airbus dispute: a case for the application of the EC state aid rules? Piet Jan Slot; 6. Antidumping: overview of the agreement Terence P. Stewart and Amy S. Dwyer; 7. Price differentiation in antitrust and trade instruments William Kovacic; 8. Non-preferential origin rules in anti-dumping law and practice Edwin Vermulst; 9. The Apellate body interpretation of 'sunset reviews' provisions of AD and CVM agreements: a critical analysis Claudio Dordi; 10. The safeguards agreement - an overview Jasper M. Wauters; 11. Why are safeguards needed in a trade agreement? Meredith Crowley.
