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ISBN: 9781107034204 , 9781107420571

Serie: Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law Series v.Series Number 15

Inhalt: After ten years the Doha Development Round is effectively dead. This book discusses the alternatives, which although less than ideal, may provide an impetus for continuing trade liberalization both among willing members and in some instances worldwide

Anmerkung: Intro -- cover_blank.pdf -- Liberalizing International Trade after Doha -- Series -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The World Trading System under GATT and the WTO, 1947-2012 -- I. The Creation of the GATT -- II. The Evolution and Implementation Processes -- III. The Uruguay Round Negotiations -- IV. Debacle in Seattle and the Rise of the BRICs and Other MICs -- 3 The Doha Round Failure and the Likely Demise of the "Single Undertaking" -- I. Events Leading to the Doha Round Failure -- II. Exploring the Reasons for the Failure -- A. Rise in MIC Economic Power -- B. Divergence in Developing Member Objectives and Concerns -- C. Fear of Increased Chinese Source Imports -- D. Lack of Political Will -- E. Lack of Strong Support from Business Stakeholders -- F. Expansion of Government Industrial Policies -- G. Increased Use of Non-Tariff Barriers -- H. The WTO's Consensus Requirement -- III. Reduced Prospects for Future Single-Undertaking Rounds -- 4 Assisting Developing Nations with Duty-Free, Quota-Free Market Access, Trade Facilitation, and Related Initiatives -- I. Tariff and Quota Barriers for LDCs -- II. Developing Nations and Rules of Origin -- III. Trade Facilitation -- IV. Reducing or Eliminating Cotton Subsidies -- V. Expanding and Improving GSP and Similar Programs -- VI. Tariff Rate Quotas, Food Security, and Related Aspects of Agricultural Trade -- 5 Preserving the Environment -- I. Fishing Subsidies and Related Measures -- A. Importance of Fisheries -- B. Status of the Negotiations in Geneva -- C. Alternative Approaches -- II. Encouraging Freer Trade in "Green" Technology Goods and Services: A Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement? -- A. General Considerations -- B. Addressing Subsidies and Unfair Trade Actions -- C. A Plurilateral Initiative at APEC , 6 New and Expanded Plurilateral Agreements (Part I) -- I. Expanding the Government Procurement Agreement -- A. History and Significance -- B. Updating the GPA - 2011 -- C. Further Expansion of the GPA -- II. Revision and Expansion of the Information Technology Agreement -- A. History and Significance -- B. Conclusion of a Revised ITA and Expanded Country Participation -- 1. Current Participants -- 2. Additional Parties -- 3. Expansion of ITA Coverage -- III. Other Possible Plurilateral Agreements Affecting Trade in Goods -- A. Health Care Products and Services -- B. Electronic Commerce -- C. Investment Protection Agreements -- 1. Failure of the MAI and Earlier Attempts -- 2. Dominance of Bilateral Investment Treaties -- 3. Rationale for a New Multilateral Effort -- 4. State-Owned Enterprises -- D. Competition Law -- E. Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement -- 7 New and Expanded Plurilateral Agreements (Part II) -- I. Introduction and Background -- II. Reasons for Pursuing Additional Services Market Access -- III. Creation of the GATS -- IV. Alternative Routes to an International Services Agreement -- A. Continued Negotiations under Doha -- B. Plurilateral Agreement with WTO Waiver -- C. Economic Integration Agreement under GATS, Article V -- V. Shaping the ISA -- A. General Approach -- B. Expansion of Sector Coverage -- C. Foreign Direct Investment, Government Procurement, and Competition -- D. SOE and Other Desirable Provisions -- E. Dispute Settlement -- 1. Under the WTO's Dispute Settlement Understanding -- 2. A Separate Dispute Settlement Mechanism -- F. Institutions -- VI. Conclusions -- 8 Continued Proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements -- I. Historical Background -- II. GATT/WTO Legal Structure -- III. Exploring the Pros and Cons -- A. Traditional Considerations -- B. Dealing with Twenty-First-Century Issues , A. Political Support and Opposition -- B. The Obama Administration's Catch-22 -- VI. Other Legal and Economic Challenges -- A. The "Spaghetti Bowl" -- B. Addressing Variations in Level of Economic Development -- C. Putting the TPP into Force -- VII. "Backdoor" Modification of NAFTA? -- VIII. The Prognosis -- 12 Unilateral Approaches to Trade and Market Liberalization -- I. Individual Developing Nation Market and Trade Liberalization -- A. The "Four Tigers" -- 1. Overview -- 2. South Korea -- 3. Chinese Taiwan -- 4. Singapore -- 5. Hong Kong -- B. The Latin American "Jaguars": Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru -- 1. Chile -- 2. Colombia -- 3. Mexico -- 4. Peru -- C. Concluding Observations on Unilateralism -- II. The "Washington Consensus" as an Incentive to Unilateral Actions -- III. Model Corporate and Commercial Laws -- A. Secured Transactions -- B. Simplified Stock Corporation -- IV. Reduction of Agricultural Subsidies in the EU and United States? -- 13 Conclusions and the Crystal Ball -- Selected Bibliography -- International Trade Issues Generally -- GATT /WTO History and Practice, the Doha Round and Beyond -- Trade Facilitation and other Developing Country Issues -- Fisheries and the Environment -- Government Procurement, Information Technology, ACTA and Other Plurilaterals -- Trade in Services -- Regional Trade Agreements -- Unilateral Reforms -- Investment, Competition and Miscellaneous -- Useful Websites -- Table of Cases -- Index -- Series , C. Seeing RTAs as the Preferred Approach -- 9 Widening and Deepening (or Disregarding) Existing RTAs -- I. European Union -- A. Overview of the EU and Eurozone -- B. The Eurozone Crisis -- C. Further EU Expansion -- D. British Euroskepticism -- II. Mercosur -- A. Overview -- B. Mercosur's Implementation Challenges -- C. Admission of Venezuela and Bolivia -- III. ASEAN FTA -- A. Overview -- B. ASEAN's Implementation and Fragmentation Challenges -- IV. North American Free Trade Agreement -- A. Overview -- B. Implementation without Amendment -- V. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum -- A. Standstill, Environmental Goods, and Trade Facilitation -- B. Supply Chain Support -- C. Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific? -- 10 Concluding New and Pending RTAs (Part I) -- I. European Union Initiatives -- A. Free Trade Agreements -- 1. The Americas -- 2. Asia -- B. Economic Partnership Agreements -- II. A Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership? -- A. The Pros and Cons -- B. Will They or Won't They? -- III. Pacific Alliance -- IV. All-Asian FTA Initiatives -- A. China-Japan-South Korea FTA -- B. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership -- V. All African Regional Initiatives -- VI. Prospects for Chinese Trade Arrangements with Africa -- 11 Concluding New and Pending RTAs (Part II) -- I. Introduction -- II. The General Approach -- III. Potential Expansion of Membership -- A. Canada and Mexico -- B. Japan -- C. Other Possible TPP Members -- IV. Progress and Challenges -- A. Investment -- B. State-Owned Enterprises -- C. Tobacco Products -- D. Intellectual Property -- E. Labor and Environment -- F. Market Access -- 1. Apparel and Footwear -- 2. Automobiles and Auto Parts -- 3. Agriculture -- 4. To Renegotiate or Not to Renegotiate? -- G. Regulatory Coherence and Supply Chain Support -- V. Domestic Political Factors in the United States

Weitere Ausg.: Print version Gantz, David A. Liberalizing International Trade after Doha New York : Cambridge University Press,c2013 ISBN 9781107034204

Sprache: Englisch

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