Reforming the World Trading System

Legitimacy, Efficiency, and Democratic Governance
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-928263-0
Verlag: OUP UK

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 884 g

In-depth coverage of the fair trade vs free trade debate
- Focusses on the Doha Round which will dominate discussion of world trade in the coming years

- Uniquely combines the perspectives of leading scholars, practitioners, diplomats, and WTO officials

Contents

- Carlo Trojan: Foreword

- Notes on Contributors

- List of Abbreviations

- I WTO Negotiators and Academics Analyze the Doha Development Round of the WTO

- Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann: Overview and Summary of the Book

- II The Doha Development Round and the Future of the WTO: Policy Proposals

- 1 Peter Sutherland: The Doha Development Agenda: Political Challenges to the World Trading System - A Cosmopolitan Perspective

- 2 Faizel Ismael: A Development Perspective on the WTO July 2004 General Council Decision

- 3 Kenneth W. Dam: Cordell Hull, the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act and the WTO

- III Building-Blocks for Concluding the Doha Round Negotiations on Agriculture

- 4 Stefan Tangermann: How to Forge a Compromise in the Agricultural Negotiations?

- 5 Stuart Harbinson: The Agricultural Negotiations: The Road from Doha and How to Keep the Negotiations on a Positive Track

- 6 Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann: Strategic Use of WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings for Advancing WTO Negotiations on Agricultural Subsidies

- IV The Doha Round Negotiations on Services Trade

- 7 L. Alan Winters: Developing Country Proposals for the Liberalization of Movements of Natural Service Suppliers

- 8 J. Anthony VanDuzer: Navigating Between the Poles: Unpacking the Debate on the Implications for Development of GATS Obligations Relating to Health and Education Services

- 9 Joel P. Trachtman: Negotiations on Domestic Regulation and Trade in Services (Article VI GATS): A Legal Analysis of Selected Current Issues

- V Less-Developed WTO Members in the Doha Round Negotiations

- 10 Bernard Hoekman: Operationalizing the Concept of Policy Space in the WTO: Beyond Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries

- 11 Gregory Shaffer: Can WTO Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building Serve Developing Countries?

- 12 Marion Panizzon and Thomas Cottier: Developing Countries Interests and Negotiation Positions on Protection of Geographical Indications and Traditional Knowledge

- VI Are WTO Rules Adequately Protecting Consumer Welfare?

- 13 Petros Mavroidis: Come Together? Producer Welfare, Consumer Welfare and WTO Rules

- 14 Patrick Messerlin: Non-Discrimination, Welfare Balances and WTO Rules: An Historical Perspective

- 15 François Souty: Is There a Need for Additional WTO Competition Rules Promoting Non-Discriminatory Competition Laws and Competition Institutions in WTO Members?

- 16 Frederick M. Abbott: Are the Competition Rules in the WTO TRIPS Agreement Adequate?

- 17 Bijit Bora and E..M.Graham: Investment and the Doha Development Agenda

- VII Challenges to the Political Legitimacy of the WTO System

- 18 Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann: The "Human Rights Approach to International Trade" Advocated by UN Human Rights Bodies and by the International Labour Organization: Is it Relevant for WTO Law and Policy?

- 19 Gregory Shaffer: Parliamentary Oversight of WTO Rule-Making: The Political, Normative and Practical Contexts

- 20 David Skaggs: How Can Parliamentary Participation in WTO Rule-Making and Democratic Control Be Made More Effective in the WTO? A United States Congressional Perspective

- 21 Meinhard Hilf: How Can Parliamentary Participation in WTO Rule-Making and Democratic Control Be Made More Effective? The European Context

- 22 Erika Mann: A Parliamentary Dimension to the WTO - More than Just a Vision?

- 23 James Bacchus: A Few Thoughts on Legitimacy, Democracy and the WTO

- 24 Steve Charnovitz: The WTO and Cosmopolitics

- 25 Julio A. Lacarte: Transparency, Public Debate and Participaton by NGOs in the WTO: A WTO Perspective

- VIII WTO Decision-Making Procedures, 'Member-Driven' Rule-Making and WTO Consensus Practices: Are They Adequate?

- 26 Richard Blackhurst and David Hartridge: Improving the Capacity of WTO Institutions to Fulfil their Mandate

- 27 John S. Odell: Chairing a WTO Negotiation

- 28 Claus-Dieter Ehlermann and Lothar Ehring: Are WTO Decision-Making Procedures Adequate for Making, Revising and Implementing Worldwide and 'Plurilateral' Rules?

- 29 Gary Sampson: Is There a Need for Restructuring the Collaboration Among the WTO and UN Specialized Agencies so as to Harness their Complementarities?

- 30 Claus-Dieter Ehlermann and Lothar Ehring: Can the WTO Dispute Settlement System Deal with Competition Disputes?

Zielgruppe

Scholars and advanced students of international law, economics, and international relations, practitioners and officials working with Non-Governmental organizations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harrison, James

Petersmann, Ernst-Ulrich

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Privatrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Außenhandel
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationaler Handel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Foreword

- Notes on Contributors

- List of Abbreviations

- I WTO Negotiators and Academics Analyze the Doha Development Round of the WTO

- Overview and Summary of the Book

- II The Doha Development Round and the Future of the WTO: Policy Proposals

- 1: Peter Sutherland: The Doha Development Agenda: Political Challenges to the World Trading System - A Cosmopolitan Perspective

- 2: Faizel Ismael: A Development Perspective on the WTO July 2004 General Council Decision

- 3: Kenneth W. Dam: Cordell Hull, the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act and the WTO

- III Building-Blocks for Concluding the Doha Round Negotiations on Agriculture

- 4: Stefan Tangermann: How to Forge a Compromise in the Agricultural Negotiations?

- 5: Stuart Harbinson: The Agricultural Negotiations: The Road from Doha and How to Keep the Negotiations on a Positive Track

- 6: Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann: Strategic Use of WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings for Advancing WTO Negotiations on Agricultural Subsidies

- IV The Doha Round Negotiations on Services Trade

- 7: L. Alan Winters: Developing Country Proposals for the Liberalization of Movements of Natural Service Suppliers

- 8: J. Anthony VanDuzer: Navigating Between the Poles: Unpacking the Debate on the Implications for Development of GATS Obligations Relating to Health and Education Services

- 9: Joel P. Trachtman: Negotiations on Domestic Regulation and Trade in Services (Article VI GATS): A Legal Analysis of Selected Current Issues

- V Less-Developed WTO Members in the Doha Round Negotiations

- 10: Bernard Hoekman: Operationalizing the Concept of Policy Space in the WTO: Beyond Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries

- 11: Gregory Shaffer: Can WTO Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building Serve Developing Countries?

- 12: Marion Panizzon and Thomas Cottier: Developing Countries Interests and Negotiation Positions on Protection of Geographical Indications and Traditional Knowledge

- VI Are WTO Rules Adequately Protecting Consumer Welfare?

- 13: Petros Mavroidis: Come Together? Producer Welfare, Consumer Welfare and WTO Rules

- 14: Patrick Messerlin: Non-Discrimination, Welfare Balances and WTO Rules: An Historical Perspective

- 15: François Souty: Is There a Need for Additional WTO Competition Rules Promoting Non-Discriminatory Competition Laws and Competition Institutions in WTO Members?

- 16: Frederick M. Abbott: Are the Competition Rules in the WTO TRIPS Agreement Adequate?

- 17: Bijit Bora and E.M.Graham: Investment and the Doha Development Agenda

- VII Challenges to the Political Legitimacy of the WTO System

- 18: Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann: The "Human Rights Approach to International Trade" Advocated by UN Human Rights Bodies and by the International Labour Organization: Is it Relevant for WTO Law and Policy?

- 19: Gregory Shaffer: Parliamentary Oversight of WTO Rule-Making: The Political, Normative and Practical Contexts

- 20: David Skaggs: How Can Parliamentary Participation in WTO Rule-Making and Democratic Control Be Made More Effective in the WTO? A United States Congressional Perspective

- 21: Meinhard Hilf: How Can Parliamentary Participation in WTO Rule-Making and Democratic Control Be Made More Effective? The European Context

- 22: Erika Mann: A Parliamentary Dimension to the WTO - More than Just a Vision?

- 23: James Bacchus: A Few Thoughts on Legitimacy, Democracy and the WTO

- 24: Steve Charnovitz: The WTO and Cosmopolitics

- 25: Julio A. Lacarte: Transparency, Public Debate and Participaton by NGOs in the WTO: A WTO Perspective

- VIII WTO Decision-Making Procedures, 'Member-Driven' Rule-Making and WTO Consensus Practices: Are They Adequate?

- 26: Richard Blackhurst and David Hartridge: Improving the Capacity of WTO Institutions to Fulfil their Mandate

- 27: John S. Odell: Chairing a WTO Negotiation

- 28: Claus-Dieter Ehlermann and Lothar Ehring: Are WTO Decision-Making Procedures Adequate for Making, Revising and Implementing Worldwide and 'Plurilateral' Rules?

- 29: Gary Sampson: Is There a Need for Restructuring the Collaboration Among the WTO and UN Specialized Agencies so as to Harness their Complementarities?

- 30: Claus-Dieter Ehlermann and Lothar Ehring: Can the WTO Dispute Settlement System Deal with Competition Disputes?

Über Autor(innen)

Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann is Professor of Law at the European University Institute, Florence.