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020 _a9780199206995 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 _a9780199207008 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 _cCUS
082 0 0 _a382.92
_bBAR/R
245 0 0 _aRegional trade agreements and the WTO legal system /
_cedited by Lorand Bartels and Federico Ortino.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2006.
300 _axxxiv, 604 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [585]-597) and index.
505 0 _aI. Framework issues -- Economic analysis of regional trade agreements -- The political economy of regional trade agreements -- Constitutional functions of the WTO and regional trade agreements -- II. WTO regulation of regional trade agreements -- Regional trade agreements and domestic regulation : what reach for 'other restrictive regulations of commerce'? -- Mandatory abolition of anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards in customs unions and free trade areas constituted between WTO members : revisiting a long-standing discussion in light of the appellate body's Turkey-Textiles ruling -- Do rules of origin in free trade agreements comply with Article XXIV GATT? -- III. WTO-plus issues in regional trade agreements -- Services liberalization in regional trade agreements : lessons for GATS 'unfinished business'? -- International agreements covering foreign investment in services : patterns and linkages -- TRIPS-plus provisions in FTAs : recent trends -- Competition law and regional trade agreements : an overview -- Is mutual recognition an alternative to harmonization? Lessons on trade and tolerance of diversity from the EU -- The WTO and regional trade agreements as competing fora for constitutional reforms : trade and human rights -- Sustainable-development in regional trade agreements -- IV. Dispute settlement in regional trade agreements -- Dispute settlement in the WTO and RTAs : a comment -- NAFTA dispute settlement : creative experiment or confusion? -- Dispute settlement in European Union free trade agreements : lessons learned? -- Dispute settlement in bilateral trade agreements : the EFTA experience -- Dispute settlement in the proposed East Asia Free Trade Agreement : lessons learned from the ASEAN, the NAFTA, and the EU -- V. Interfaces between the WTO and regional trade agreements -- The EU and its member states in the WTO-Issues of responsibility -- Overlaps and conflicts of jurisdiction between the World Trade Organization and regional trade agreements -- Applicability of WTO law in regional trade agreements : identifying the links -- What role is there for regional international law in the interpretation of the WTO agreements?
650 0 _aForeign trade regulation.
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650 0 _aTrade blocs.
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650 0 _aRegionalism.
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650 0 _aTariff
_xLaw and legislation.
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