Guide to the WTO and GATT: Economics, Law and Politics

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This book analyzes how today's system of international trade law and international economic relations has evolved over the last six decades. Focusing on the major innovations that came with the inception of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with its various agreements in 1994, it also provides in-depth commentary on the intense debate over important matters that remain unsettled. Topics covered include the WTO dispute settlement mechanism; the General Agreement on Trade in Services (OATS); the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMS); intellectual property rights – the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS); areas still covered by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947; the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) concept; special provisions relating to agriculture and textiles; sanitary and phytosanitary measures; technical barriers to trade; pre-shipment inspection; and import licensing procedures. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxx World Trade Organisation: Its Birth and Background (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 1-37 World Trade Organisation (WTO): The Structural Dimensions (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 39-53 WTO Dispute Settlement System Mechanisms (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 55-86 Legal Framework of GATT, 1994 (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 87-103 Schedules of Concessions (Article II) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 105-114 National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation (Art. III) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 115-139 Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994 (Anti-dumping Agreement) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 141-170 Agreement on the Implementation of Article VII of GATT 1994 (Customs Valuation Agreement) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 171-190 WTO Agreement on Rules of Origin, 1994 (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 191-204 Publication and Administration of Trade Regulations (Art. X) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 205-211 WTO Ninth Ministerial Conference and Trade Facilitation Agreement, 2013 (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 213-220 General Elimination of Quantitative and Other Restrictions (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 221-250 Subsidies (Article XVI) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 251-256 Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, 1994 (SCM CODE) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 257-289 State-Trading Enterprises (Article XVII) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 291-296 Governmental Assistance to Economic Development (Article XVIII) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 297-312 Emergency Action on Imports of Particular Products (Art. XIX) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 313-317 WTO Agreement on Safeguards 1994 (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 319-339 General Exceptions (Art. XX) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 341-353 Consultations (Article XXII), Nullification and Impairment of Benefits (Article XXIII) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 355-357 Territorial Application, Frontier Traffic, Customs Unions and Free Trade Areas (Article XXIV) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 359-383 Joint Action by the Contracting Parties (Article XXV) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 385-410 Trade and Development (Articles XXXVI–XXXVIII) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 411-417 WTO Agreement on Agriculture (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 419-438 WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 439-449 WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 451-468 WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 469-488 WTO Agreement on Pre-shipment Inspection (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 489-496 WTO Agreement on Import-Licensing Procedures (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 497-503 WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs Agreement) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 505-534 WTO General Agreement on Trade in Service (GATS) (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 535-557 WTO, Trade and Investment (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 559-579 WTO and Competition Policy (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 581-592 WTO and Labour Standards (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 593-602 WTO, International Trade and Human Rights (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 603-610 Trade and Environmental Issues in the WTO (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 611-633 Developing Countries in the GATT/WTO (Autar Krishen Koul)....Pages 635-670 Back Matter ....Pages 671-705