The regulation of international trade. Volume 1, GATT

The regulation of international trade. Volume 1, GATT / Petros C. Mavroidis.

A detailed examination of WTO agreements regulating trade in goods, discussing legal context, policy background, economic rationale, and case law.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mavroidis, Petros C. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]
Subjects:
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)
World Trade Organization.
World Trade Organization
Foreign trade regulation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
Foreign trade regulation
Internationales Handelsrecht
Außenhandelsrecht
Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Introduction; 1 From GATT to the WTO; 1.1 Establishing a Multilateral Trade Order; 1.1.1 From Drudgery to Excitement; 1.1.2 Attempts to Liberalize Trade at the Multilateral Level; 1.1.3 Bretton Woods and Trade; 1.1.4 Follow-up to Bretton Woods; 1.1.5 Onto the World Scene; 1.1.6 The Negotiation of GATT; 1.1.7 Entry into Force; 1.1.8 Property Rights on GATT; 1.1.9 The People Who Made GATT Happen; 1.2 Why GATT?; 1.2.1 What Did Negotiators Have in Mind?; 1.2.2 Economic Theory; 1.2.3 Economics Meets the Negotiating Record; 1.3 The (Trans- )Formative Years.
  • 1.3.1 Flexibility Required1.3.2 The GATT Recipe for Trade Liberalization; 1.3.3 Becoming an Institution; 1.3.4 The GATT Rounds of Trade Liberalization; 1.3.5 The Transformations of GATT; 1.3.6 A Brief Appraisal of the GATT Record; 1.3.7 A Few Good Men; 1.3.8 A Gentlemen's Club; 1.4 Regulation of Trade in Goods in the WTO Era; 1.4.1 The "Old" and the "New" GATT; 1.4.2 The Relationship between GATT and the Other Annex 1A Agreements; 1.4.3 The Plurilateral Agreements; 1.4.4 Single Undertaking Versus "Clubs"; 1.4.5 The Protocols of Accession.
  • 1.4.6 The WTO Organs Administering Agreements on Trade in Goods2 Quantitative Restrictions; 2.1 The Legal Discipline and Its Rationale; 2.1.1 The Legal Discipline; 2.1.2 The Rationale for the Legal Discipline; 2.1.3 Discussion; 2.2 Coverage of the Legal Discipline; 2.2.1 General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions; 2.2.2 Quotas; 2.2.3 Import and Export Licenses; 2.2.4 Other Measures; 2.2.5 Measures Not Covered; 2.2.6 Attributing QRs to WTO Members; 2.2.7 Standard of Review; 2.2.8 The Relationship with Article III of GATT; 2.2.9 The Relationship with Article VIII of GATT; 2.3 Exceptions.
  • 2.3.1 Critical Shortages2.3.2 Standards for Classification, Grading, or Marketing of Commodities; 2.3.3 QRs Necessary for Enforcing Governmental Measures; 2.3.4 Balance of Payments (Articles XII and XVIII of GATT); 2.3.5 Exchange Restrictions; 2.3.6 Infant Industry Protection; 2.3.7 General Exceptions (Article XX of GATT); 2.3.8 National Security (Article XXI of GATT); 2.3.9 Safeguards (Article XIX of GATT); 2.3.10 Can QRs Be Permissible in Order to Avoid Dumping?; 2.4 Applying QRs; 2.4.1 Nondiscrimination, in Principle; 2.4.2 Nondiscrimination, in Practice; 2.4.3 Discriminatory QRs.
  • 2.4.4 Import Licensing in the WTO Era2.5 Institutional Issues; 2.5.1 The Committee on Market Access; 2.5.2 Transparency; 2.6 Concluding Remarks; 3 Tariffs; 3.1 The Legal Discipline and Its Rationale; 3.1.1 The Legal Discipline; 3.1.2 The Rationale for the Legal Discipline; 3.1.3 Discussion; 3.2 Expressing Goods in a Common Language; 3.2.1 The Harmonized System; 3.3 The Types of Duties Bound; 3.3.1 Reciprocity; 3.3.2 OCDs and ODCs; 3.3.3 What Is an Ordinary Customs Duty?; 3.3.4 What Is an Other Duty or Charge?; 3.3.5 Terms, Conditions, and Qualifications; 3.3.6 Consolidating Nontariff Barriers.

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