Trade in Goods An Analysis of International Trade Agreements

Author: Petros C. Mavroidis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199552139
Published In: August 2008
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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This book analyses the establishment and operation of international agreements regulating trade in goods, focusing on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

The book outlines the history of the international trading system from the creation of the first GATT agreement in 1947 to the establishment of the World Trade Organization in 1994. The major substantive provisions of the GATT are then analysed alongside the other foundational trade agreements of the WTO, clarifying the economic rationale for the current legal framework.

Throughout the book it is maintained that the agreements themselves represent 'incomplete contracts', realized through interpretation by the WTO and other judicial bodies. A comprehensive analysis of the case-law is provided, where it is argued that a more rigorous theoretical approach is needed to ensure a greater coherence to the interpretation of the core provisions regulating trade in goods.

The book presents an extension and elaboration of the author's views expressed in The General Agreement in Tariffs and Trade: A Commentary (OUP, 2005).

1. From GATT 1947 to GATT 1994

1.1 The Genesis of the GATT

1.2 Why the GATT?

1.3 The GATT in the GATT-era: an agreement, and an institution as well

1.4 The GATT rounds of trade liberalization

1.5 Expanding the GATT: the emergence of the Codes

1.6 The GATT in the WTO-era: just an agreement, albeit a pivotal one

1.7 The modern GATT-discipline in a nutshell

2. Disciplines on trade instruments

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The Treatment of Quantitative Restrictions

2.3 Tariff protection in the GATT