TY - BOOK AU - Braga, Carlos A. Primo (ed) TI - The WTO and accession countries SN - 9781848440760 U1 - 382.92 PY - 2009/// CY - Cheltenham PB - Elgar reference collection N1 - 1. WTO Accession Issues / Rolf J. Langhammer and Matthias Lucke -- WTO Accession / Constantine Michalopoulos -- Accession to the WTO : Key Strategic Issues / Murray G. Smith -- The Role of the WTO for Economies in Transition / Jaroslaw Pietras -- An Economic Theory of GATT / Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger -- A book review of Fatouma Jawara and Aileen Kwa, Behind the Scenes at the WTO : The Real World of International Trade Negotiations : Lessons of Cancun, Palgrave, New York, 2003 / Robert W. Staiger -- Do We Really Know that the WTO Increases Trade? / Andrew K. Rose -- The WTO Promotes Trade, Strongly, but Unevenly / Arvind Subramanian and Shang-Jin Wei -- Do We Really Know That the WTO Increases Trade? : Comment / Michael Tomz, Judith L. Goldstein, and Douglas Rivers -- Do We Really Know That the WTO Increases Trade? : Reply / Andrew K. Rose -- Russia and the WTO : The "Gravity" of Outsider Status / Bogdan Lissovolik and Yaroslav Lissovolik -- WTO-plus Obligations and Their Implications for the World Trade Organization Legal System / Julia Ya Qin -- Mapping the Law of WTO Accession / Steve Charnovitz -- Benefiting from WTO Accession and Membership / Bernard Hoekman and Jayanta Roy -- United States Law and China's WTO Accession Process / Sylvia A. Rhodes and John H. Jackson -- Non-Market Economy Issue in WTO Anti-Dumping Law and Accession Negotiations : Revival of a Two-Tier Membership? / Alexander Poluektov -- The East European Countries and the GATT : The Role of Realism, Mercantilism, and Regime Theory in Explaining East-West Trade Negotiations / Leah Haus -- The World Trade Organization Accession Process : Negotiating Participation in a Globalizing Economy / Anna Lanoszka -- The View From the Other Side of the Table : WTO Accession from the Perspective of WTO Members / Simon Lacey -- WTO Accession : Moving the Goalposts? / Simon Evenett and Carlos A. Primo Braga -- Why Demands on Acceding Countries Increase Over Time : A Three-dimensional Analysis of Multilateral Trade Diplomacy / Craig VanGrasstek -- v. 2. Tracing the Effects of WTO Accession on Policy-making in Sovereign States : Preliminary Lessons from the Recent Experience of Transition Countries / Zdenek Drabek and Marc Bacchetta -- Trade Liberalization in China's Accession to the WTO / Elena Ianchovichina and Will Martin -- Russian WTO Accession : What Has Been Accomplished, What Can Be Expected / David Tarr -- Economic Impact and Social Adjustment Costs of Accession to the World Trade Organization : Cambodia and Nepal / Pierre Sauve -- Nepal : The Role of an NGO in Support of Accession / P.R. Rajkarnikar -- Cambodia's Accession to the WTO : "Fast Track" Accession by a Least Developed Country / Samnang Chea and Hach Sok -- Mongolia's WTO Accession : Expectations and Realities of WTO Membership / Damdin Tsogtbaatar -- Vanuatu's Suspended Accession Bid : Second Thoughts? / Daniel Gay -- Implications of Reform and WTO Accession for China's Agricultural Policies / Will Martin -- Energy-related Issues in the WTO Accession Negotiations / Murray Gibbs and Anar Mamedov -- WTO Accession and the Structure of China's Motor Vehicle Sector / Joseph F. Francois and Dean Spinanger -- Services Policies in Transition Economies : On the EU and the WTO as Commitment Mechanisms / Felix Eschenbach and Bernard Hoekman -- China's Accession to the WTO : The Services Dimension / Aaditya Mattoo -- Preparation by Vietnam's Banking Sector for WTO Accession / Phan Van Sam and Vo Thanh Thu -- WTO Principles and Telecommunications in Developing Nations : Challenges and Consequences of Accession / Angus Henderson, Iain Gentle, and Elise Ball -- The Accession Process and its Legal Consequences / Frederick Abbott and Carlos M. Correa -- Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO Accession Package : Assessing China's Reforms / Keith E. Maskus ER -