Regional Trade Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System

Regional Trade Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System
Author: Rohini Acharya
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 753
Release: 2016-09-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107161649

This volume contains a collection of studies examining trade-related issues negotiated in regional trade agreements (RTAs) and how RTAs are related to the WTO's rules. While previous work has focused on subsets of RTAs, these studies are based on what is probably the largest dataset used to date, and highlight key issues that have been negotiated in all RTAs notified to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). New rules within RTAs are compared to rules agreed upon by WTO members. The extent of their divergences and the potential implications for parties to RTAs, as well as for WTO members that are not parties to RTAs, are examined. This volume makes an important contribution to the current debate on the role of the WTO in regulating international trade and how WTO rules relate to new rules being developed by RTAs.

WTO and the Greater China

WTO and the Greater China
Author: Chien-Huei Wu
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2012-05-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9004208984

Focusing on the impact of WTO disciplines, this book explores the WTO’s contribution to domestic reform, economic integration and dispute settlement of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau: the four WTO Members in Greater China.

Asian Free Trade Agreements and WTO Compatibility

Asian Free Trade Agreements and WTO Compatibility
Author: Shintaro Hamanaka
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2014
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9814460419

This book investigates the appropriate relationship between regionalism and multilateralism, with a special reference to recent FTAs in Asia. It is undeniable that past trade multilateralism-regionalism debates centered on the trade-in-goods aspect.

Mega-Regional Trade Agreements

Mega-Regional Trade Agreements
Author: Thilo Rensmann
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2017-07-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3319566636

This book provides an in-depth analysis of "Mega-Regionals", the new generation of trans-regional free-trade agreements (FTAs) currently under negotiation, and their effect on the future of international economic law. The main focus centres on the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), but the findings are also applicable to similar agreements under negotiation, such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).The specific features of Mega-Regional Trade Agreements raise a number of issues with respect to their potential effect on the current system of international trade and investment law. These include the consequences of Mega-Regionals for the most-favoured-nation (MFN) principle, their relation to the multilateral system of the World Trade Organization (WTO), their democratic legitimacy and their interaction with existing bilateral investment treaties (BITs).The book is intended for academics and practitioners working in the field of international economic law.

Multilateralizing Regionalism

Multilateralizing Regionalism
Author: Patrick Low
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 743
Release: 2009-02-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521506018

A collection of revised papers from the 'Multilateralizing Regionalism' conference, held at the WTO in September 2007.

Regional Integration and Development

Regional Integration and Development
Author: Maurice W. Schiff
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821350782

This text examines regionalism from the perspective of developing countries. It presents a comprehensive account of existing theory and empirical results and incorporates the findings of formal analyses ofthe politics and dynamics of regionalism.

The WTO Agreements

The WTO Agreements
Author: World Trade Organization
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 543
Release: 2017-11-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108423825

Contains the complete and official texts of the WTO Agreements, collated in one volume.

Regional Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa

Regional Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa
Author: Mustapha Rouis
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 082139729X

This book summarizes the constraints to and opportunities for deepening economic integration within the MENA region and beyond. Trade and investment reform are discussed together with physical connectivity, cross-border trade facilitation, infrastructure networks, and the vital role of logistics.

Positive Integration - EU and WTO Approaches Towards the "Trade and" Debate

Positive Integration - EU and WTO Approaches Towards the
Author: Rike Krämer-Hoppe
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2019-10-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3030256626

This book presents a new framework for the 'trade and environment' debate and discusses the ways in which the EU and the WTO address this topic: positive, negative and non-integration. It analyses areas like food safety and renewable energy from the perspectives of legal and political science, and economics, and includes contributions focusing on various approaches, such as harmonisation, regulatory cooperation and judicialisation. In the 21st century, especially in our current times, where free trade and economic integration are increasingly being called into question, it is even more vital to find convincing normative answers and ways to address the very complex relationship between trade and environmental policies. Debunking some of the myths concerning positive and negative integration and the relationship between the two, this book is a valuable contribution to the debate on globalisation.