"Trade remedies, namely anti-dumping, countervailing measures and safeguards, are one of the most controversial issues in today's global trading environment. When used, such measures effectively close the markets of the importing countries to competition from outside for a certa…
Principles of International Economic Law gives a comprehensive overview of the central topics in international economic law, with an emphasis on the interplay between the different economic and political interests on both the international and domestic levels. The book sets the …
ICSID and international investment treaty arbitration : progress and prospects / Meg Kinnear -- The past, present and future of the international law on foreign investment / M. Sornarajah -- Judicial administration of justice in multilevel commercial, trade and investment adjudi…
The fairness of institutions of global economic governance ranks among the most pressing issues of our time. Most approaches to understanding the complex structure of treaties and intergovernmental organizations such as the WTO tend to uncritically accept an economic focus, high…
Free trade and its limits -- The potential and limitations of interpretation in WTO law -- The role and function of non-economic exception clauses in trade -- Models of non-economic justification clauses in WTO law : GATT/GATS versus SPS/TBT -- The non-economic grounds of justif…
International trade has, for decades, been central to economic growth and improved standards of living for nations and regions worldwide. For most of the advanced countries, trade has raised standards of living, while for most emerging economies, growth did not begin until their…
Confronted with today's global interdisciplinary challenges, international economic law offers a myriad of legal tools to provide both procedural and substantive solutions. This book will appeal to those interested in the general theory of international economic law, but also re…
A detailed examination of WTO agreements regulating trade in goods, discussing legal context, policy background, economic rationale, and case law.
"The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) has extended its institutional arsenal since the Kennedy round in the early 1960s. The current institutional design is the outcome of the Uruguay round and agreements reached in the ongoing Doha round (begun in 2001). One of the…
Introduction : time to delve into the genesis, course and accord of trade facilitation -- Free trade is not for free -- Rise of trade facilitation -- An international accord on trade facilitation? -- The long and arduous journey of trade facilitation in the WTO -- Growth of the …