The Elgar Companion to the WTO

Name: The Elgar Companion to the WTO
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781800882850
Price: 4388.28 HKD
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Author: Julien Chaisse; Cristian Rodriguez-Chiffelle
ISBN: 9781800882850

Edited by Julien Chaisse · Cristian Rodriguez-Chiffelle

Edward Elgar Publishing December 2023

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ISBN-13: 9781800882850
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: December 2023
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This comprehensive Companion provides an extensive guide to understanding the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its impact on the global economy. Addressing the challenges facing the WTO amidst a rapidly evolving landscape, the book delves into the diverse trade policies of countries and regions, providing rare insights into their impact on the global trade governance frameworks.

Featuring insightful contributions from interdisciplinary experts, this essential Companion will aid readers in comprehending the WTO’s functions and its significance in international trade and broader economic policies. Chapters explore the influence of regional trade agreements on countries’ trade agendas, the WTO’s critical role in fostering free and fair trade, and the shifting dynamics of global economic governance. The book further highlights the importance of dispute resolution, regional integration, and coalitions for effective trade policy making.

Highlighting the need for increased transparency, flexibility, and adaptability to ensure the WTO’s continued relevance in global economic governance, this Companion will be indispensable for scholars and students of institutional economics, international relations, law and politics, and regulation and governance. It will also be beneficial for trade lawyers, experts, and professionals who work in international trade and commerce, as well as NGOs and civil society organizations.

Foreword: New thinking for renewed global trade cooperation xxxiii; Anabel González; Foreword: Building a new engine for the multilateral trading system xxxvi; Marion Jansen; 1.
WTO’s legacy, roadblocks, and future in global economic regulation: an introduction 1: Julien Chaisse and Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle; PART 1. DIGITALIZATION; 2.
Seizing artificial intelligence’s trade promise: the role of international agreements 22: David Weller and Nicholas Bramble; 3.
Cybersecurity and trade governance 35: Shin-yi Peng; 4.
The liberalization of digital trade by the WTO: opportunities and challenges for SMEs 51: by David Collins; 5.
Electronic payments and the WTO 69: Usman Ahmed and Martín Molinuevo; 6.
Trade digitalization and taxation 90: Irma Johanna Mosquera Valderrama; 7.
Digital transformation of public procurement: WTO’s historical and ongoing role 108: Jędrzej Górski; 8.
Trade and competition policy 151: Aditi Sara Verghese; 9.
WTO and intellectual property law in the creative economy 169: Rostam J. Neuwirth; 10.
Digitalization of special economic zones in China 186: Jie (Jeanne) Huang; 11.
Trade digitalisation in the APEC region 207: Peter Lovelock and Eduardo Pedrosa; 12.
Balancing commitments to cross-border data flows with domestic regulation 223: Joshua P. Meltzer; 13.
International trade rule-making for the digital economy 243: Simon B. C. Lacey; 14.
The legal infrastructure for the digital transformation: the UNCITRAL framework 257: Anna Joubin-Bret and Alexander Kunzelmann; PART II FACILITATION AND ESG; 15.
Public-private partnerships for trade facilitation 271: Philippe Isler; 16.
The WTO approach to trade facilitation in goods and services 287: Tomohiko Kobayashi; 17.
Investment facilitation at the WTO: What’s old? What’s new? What’s missing? 301: Rodrigo Polanco and Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle; 18.
Forging the trade-development nexus in the WTO and FTAs 325: Pasha L. Hsieh; 19.
Trade and development for a more inclusive and sustainable future 341: Jennifer Blanke and Asmita Parshotam; 20.
Services domestic regulation in the WTO 361: Jaime Coghi and Markus Jelitto; 21.
Revitalizing TRIPs as global norm-setter for geographical indications 377: Danny Friedmann; 22.
The new politics of trade: trade in value added and the made in the world initiative 397: Hubert Escaith; 23.
Gender social norms: new trade barriers addressed by policy 416: Anoush der Boghossian; 24.
Trade and environment 435: Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Soledad Leal Campos and Sofia Baliño; 25.
Trade and climate change 457: Kimberley Botwright and Jeremy Stewart; 26.
Energy in WTO law and policy 477: Damilola S. Olawuyi and Elena I. Athwal; 27.
From social clause to policy space: the trade union narrative on the WTO 493: Pierre Habbard; PART III. PACIFICATION; 28.
Evaluating the interaction between and compatibility of the global anti-base erosion proposal with international trade rules 506: Jeffrey Owens and Joy W. Ndubai; 29.
Trade enforcement tools and international taxation: a digital services tax case study 535: Stephen E. Shay; 30.
Addressing environmentally harmful subsidies using trade rules: a historical perspective 551: Ronald Steenblik; 31.
How do political relations affect international trade? 574: Gregory Whitten; 32.
The new dimension of human rights in U.S. trade policy 599: Joel Slawotsky; 33.
The WTO new national security challenge 619: Georgios Dimitropoulos; 34.
Nearshoring and regional value chains: are they the new normal? 638: Miguel Braun, Pablo M. García and Daiana Fernández Molero; 35.
A free trade area of the Asia-Pacific for the Asian century 660: Mark Feldman; 36.
New rules for a challenged trading system: the role of safeguards 676: Robert Z. Lawrence; 37.
The future of dispute resolution and arbitration at WTO 691: Petros C. Mavroidis; 38.
Trade sanctions as a tool of war and peace: examining the EU’s sanctions regime in the light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 707: Martin Steinfeld; 39.
Trade for peace: the past, present, and future 730: Alan Wm. Wolff; PART IV. COUNTRY AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES; 40.
The EU and the WTO 748: Christian Freudlsperger and Sophie Meunier; 41.
The United States and the WTO: muddling through a trade war 760: Elli Louka; 42.
China and the WTO: what happens after a honeymoon 772: Sungjin Kang; 43.
India at the WTO: torn between multilateralism and domestic Interests? 782: Debashis Chakraborty; 44.
Brazil in the WTO 795: Roberto Azevêdo and Tatiana Prazeres; 45.
Russia and the WTO: a time to throw stones or to gather stones? 805: Ilia Rachkov and Elizaveta Rachkova; 46.
Africa and WTO: maximizing the benefits of trade multilaterally and regionally 824: Mariam Soumaré and Kwabena Bandoh; 47.
WTO, quo vadis? A Latin American perspective 847: Shunko Rojas and Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle; 48.
Southeast Asia and the World Trade Organization 856: Intan Murnira Ramli, Edo Setyadi and Michelle Chandra Kasih; 49.
WTO law and policy in the Pacific Island nations: the case of Fiji 867: Muhammad Faliq Abdul Razak and Sufian Jusoh; 50.
Least developed countries and the World Trade Organization: supporting graduation and reducing marginalisation in global trade 877: Daniel Gay and Jodie Keane; Index 887