Balanced and Fairer World Trade Defence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Balanced and Fairer World Trade Defence write by . This book was released on 2019. Balanced and Fairer World Trade Defence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This workshop of the Committee on International Trade discussed recent developments in trade defence legislation and practice from the perspectives of the EU, the USA and the WTO. A set of trade defence rules have been agreed in the framework of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), in particular on anti-dumping, anti-subsidies and safeguards. The WTO also provides a dispute settlement system for cases brought forward by its members. The EU has recently adopted two sets of new legislation on Trade Defence Instruments (TDI), known as ‘TDI methodology’ and ‘TDI modernisation’. These new rules aim at enhancing the EU’s trade defence, without deviating from its commitment to an open economic environment set in an international rules based order. The US has its own rules and practice for trade defence and continues to distinguish between countries having a market economy and those who don’t - a difference abandoned by the EU in its latest reform. Moreover, the Trump Administration has imposed many new tariffs on foreign imports, often based on the national security exception provided by the WTO - a justification contested by most of the countries targeted. Furthermore, the US expressed concerns about the system of dispute settlement in the WTO, blocking nominations to its Appellate Body. Experts gave their views on whether all these recent developments are contributing to an international trade defence regime that is ‘fair’ and ‘balanced’, taking into account the different perspectives.
Most-favoured-nation Treatment
Most-favoured-nation Treatment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Most-favoured-nation Treatment write by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. This book was released on 2010. Most-favoured-nation Treatment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The publication contains an explanation of Most Favored Nation (MFN) treatment and some of the key issues that arise in its negotiation, particularly the scope and application of MFN treatment to the liberalization and protection of foreign investors in recent treaty practice. The paper provides policy options as regards the traditional application of MFN treatment and identifies reactions by States to the unexpected broad use of MFN treatment, and provides several drafting options, such as specifying or narrowing down the scope of application of MFN treatment to certain types of activities, clarifying the nature of "treatment" under the IIA, clarifying the comparison that an arbitral tribunal needs to undertake as well as a qualification of the comparison "in like circumstances" or excluding its use in investor-State cases.
Understanding the WTO
Understanding the WTO - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding the WTO write by . This book was released on 2008. Understanding the WTO available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Rigged Rules and Double Standards
Rigged Rules and Double Standards - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rigged Rules and Double Standards write by Kevin Watkins. This book was released on 2002. Rigged Rules and Double Standards available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A critical and detailed analysis of inequalities of world trade systems.
The World Trading System
The World Trading System - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The World Trading System write by John Howard Jackson. This book was released on 1997. The World Trading System available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since the first edition of The World Trading System was published in 1989, the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations has been completed, and most governments have ratified and are in the process of implementing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). In the Uruguay Round, more than 120 nations negotiated for over eight years, to produce a document of some 26,000 pages. This new edition of The World Trading System takes account of these and other developments. Like the first edition, however, its treatment of topical issues is grounded in the fundamental legal, constitutional, institutional, and political realities that mold trade policy. Thus the book continues to serve as an introduction to the study of trade law and policy. Two basic premises of The World Trading System are that economic concerns are central to foreign affairs, and that national economies are growing more interdependent. The author presents the economic principles of international trade policy and then examines how they operate under real- world constraints. In particular, he examines the extremely elaborate system of rules that governs international economic relations. Until now, the bulk of international trade policy has addressed trade in goods; issues inadequately addressed by policy include trade in services, intellectual property rights, certain investment measures, and agriculture. The author highlights the tension between legal rules, designed to create predictability and stability, and the governments need to make exceptions to solve short-term problems. He also looks at weaknesses of international trade policy, especially as it applies to developing countries and economies in transition. He concludes with a look at issues that will shape international trade policy well into the twenty-first century.
