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• Title:The World Trade Organization : a legal and institutional analysis / Jan Wouters and Bart De Meester.
  
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• Variant Title:WTO
  
• Author/Creator:Wouters, Jan, 1964-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:De Meester, Bart.
  
• Published/Created:Antwerpen : Intersentia, 2007.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K4610 .W68 2007 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 09-15-2024
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:World Trade Organization.
  Foreign trade regulation.
  International trade.
  
• Description:xvi, 301 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-295) and index.
  
• ISBN:9789050957304
  9050957307
  
• Contents:Foreword / P. C. Mavroidis
  Ch. I. From GATT to WTO
  1. Theory of International Trade
  2. Road to GATT
  3. WTO
  4. WTO Agreement and Its Annexes
  Ch. II. Objectives And Basic Principles of the WTO
  1. Objectives and Functions of the WTO
  2. Basic Principles
  A. Market Access
  B. Non-Discrimination
  1. Most Favoured Nation
  2. National Treatment
  C. Exceptions
  Ch. III. Overview of the WTO Agreements
  1. Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods
  A. GATT
  1. Tariffs
  2. Most Favoured Nation
  3. National Treatment
  4. Quantitative Restrictions
  5. General Exceptions
  6. Free Trade Areas and Customs Unions
  7. Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries
  B. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
  C. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
  D. Agreement on Safeguards
  E. Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
  F. Agreement on Antidumping
  G. Agreement on Agriculture
  H. Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
  I. Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
  J. Agreement on Customs Valuation
  K. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
  L. Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
  M. Agreement on Rules of Origin
  2. GATS
  1. Services
  2. General Obligations and Disciplines
  3. Specific Commitments
  4. Exceptions
  3. TRIPS
  4. Dispute Settlement Understanding
  5. Trade Policy Review Mechanism
  6. Plurilateral Trade Agreements
  A. Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
  B. Agreement on Government Procurement
  C. International Dairy Agreement
  D. International Bovine Meat Agreement
  Ch. IV. Institutional Framework
  1. WTO as an International Organization
  A. International Legal Personality
  B. Relationship with Other Intergovernmental Organizations
  1. Observer Status
  2. Cooperation Agreements
  C. Relationship with Non-Governmental Organizations
  D. Membership
  1. Procedure
  2. Groupings and Alliances in the WTO
  3. Separate Customs Territories as Member of the WTO
  4. Developing Countries in the WTO
  E. Budget
  2. Decision-Making Bodies
  A. Decision-Making and Voting Procedures
  1. Ministerial Decisions
  2. Interpretations
  3. Amendments
  4. Waivers
  5. Negotiating New Agreements
  B. Ministerial Conference
  C. General Council
  1. Acting on Behalf of the Ministerial Conference
  2. Dispute Settlement Body
  3. Trade Policy Review Body
  D. WTO Secretariat
  1. Secretariat
  2. Director-General
  E. Legitimacy, Democracy and Efficiency in the WTO
  3. Dispute Settlement Mechanism
  A. Accessibility of the WTO Dispute Settlement System and Locus Standi
  B. Legal Basis for Initiating a WTO Dispute Settlement Case
  C. Consultations
  1. Procedure
  2. Third Parties
  D. Panel
  1. Request for a Panel
  2. Establishment and Composition of Panels
  3. Procedure before the Panel
  4. Third Parties
  5. Standard of Review and Treaty Interpretation
  E. Standing Appellate Body
  1. Composition of the Appellate Body
  2. Appeal Process
  3. Third Parties
  F. Implementation and Enforcement
  G. Transparency of the Dispute Settlement Process -Amicus Curiae Briefs
  H. Position of Developing Countries in the Dispute Settlement System.