Harmonization, Equivalence and Mutual Recognition of Standars in WTO Law

Standards are feature of virtually allareas of trade in products and services. Yet, although standards may achieve an efficient economic exchange, they have discriminatory consequences for trading partners when governments formulate or apply them in such a way as to cause obstacies to trade, thus enrolling standards among the increasingly significant 'non-tariff barriers' regulated by the WTO. …

The WTO Dispute Settlement System: Challenges of the Environment, Legitimacy …

Tensions between economic interests and environmental protection have assumed crisis proportions in awareness at every level of society. In particular, the World Trade Organization has become entangled in controversies related to legitimacy, democracy, environmental protection, and fragmentation of international law, fuelling a contentious debate on the use (or abuse) of environmental norms at …

India And The WTO

The Chapters in this volume focus on the issues of central importance in the negotiation and design of the Doha Development Agenda, which was approved at the WTO Ministerial Meeting held in Doha, Qatar, in November 2001, and which launched a new round of multilateral trade negotiations. India played a pivital role in the Doha meeting on its own behalf and on behalf of other developing countries…

The WTO As An International Organization

Until the end of 1994, there was no multilateral or international organization that dealt with trade issues between countries. For almost fifty years, the international trading system had functioned without such an organization: under the aegis of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, rules of the game had been developed and respected. But the GATT was created through agreement among trad…

Tariff Negotiations And Renegotiations Under The GATT And WTO Procedures And …

The procedures and practices to implement the provisions relating to tariff negotiations and renegotiations have evolved considerably since the GATT was established in 1947. The provisions themselves have undergone some changes in the last 52 years. This study reviews the evalution of these provisions and of the procedures adopted and practices followed by the contracting parties to GATT 1947 a…

A Handbook on Anti Dumping Investigations

The subject of anti-dumping procedures has received growing attention in international trade policy and has become a source of tension between countries. This handbook covers the major areas arising in anti-dumping investigations as embodied in the relevant WTO provisions, providing an exposition of well-sourced information, explanations, and guidance for grasping the intricacies of anti-dumpin…

Opening Markets for Trade in Services, Countries and Sectors in Bilateral and…

The Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, from 1996 to 1994, market, to a great extent, the debut of services in trade negotiations. Since then, trade in services has become an indispensable element of such endeavors, be they bilateral, regional, or multilateral. Over time, what used to be an arcane issue, whose secrets were to be revealed only to a vew initiates, has been attracting an increasi…

The WTO Agreement on Safeguards: A Commentary (Oxford Commentaries on GATT/WT…

Buku The WTO Agreement on Safeguards: A Commentary karya Alan Sykes memberikan analisis mendalam terhadap ketentuan-ketentuan Perjanjian Pengamanan (Safeguards Agreement) dalam kerangka WTO. Sykes membahas prinsip hukum, praktik penerapan, serta interpretasi yurisprudensi yang mengatur tindakan pengamanan perdagangan internasional. Melalui pendekatan ekonomi dan hukum, buku ini menjelaskan bata…

Compilation of G-33 and Related WTO Documents

This Compilation consist of Group's official documents, working papers, references, letters and statements. The time span strats from the Fifth WTo Ministerial Conference in Cancun, Mexico until the WTO Informal Ministerial Meeting in Geneva, July 2006 as well as other developments during the months of September until December 2006.

Processes And Production Methods (PPMs) In WTO Law: Interfacing Trade And Soc…