Trade in goods [[electronic resource] ] : the GATT and the other agreements regulating trade in goods / / Petros C. Mavroidis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452794003321
• Autore: Mavroidis Petros C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 1-283-58119-1; 9786613893642; 0-19-156439-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (541 p.)
• Disciplina: 343/.087
• Soggetti: Foreign trade regulation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 478-497) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""1. From GATT 1947 to GATT 1994""; ""1 The Genesis of the GATT""; ""2 Why the GATT?""; ""2.1 Why ask the question?""; ""2.2 The negotiators say...""; ""2.3 Economic theory suggests""; ""2.4 And some unexplored avenues""; ""2.5 To conclude (?)""; ""3 The GATT in the GATT era: An Agreement, and an Institution as Well""; ""4 The GATT Rounds of Trade Liberalization""; ""5 Expanding the GATT: The Emergence of the Codes""; ""6 The GATT in the WTO era: Just an Agreement, Albeit a Pivotal One""; ""7 The Modern GATT discipline in a Nutshell""; ""7.1 The GATT in its WTO context""; ""7.2 The legal relation of the GATT with the WTO Agreement""""7.3 The substantive content of modern GATT""; ""2. Disciplines on Trade Instruments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Treatment of QRs""; ""2.1 The legal text""; ""2.2 What is a QR?""; ""2.3 Trade in textiles""; ""2.4 Discriminatory legal QRs""; ""2.5 The non-segmentation nature of Art XI of the GATT""; ""3 Tariff Protection in the GATT""; ""3.1 The legal text""; ""3.2 The basic discipline with respect to tariff protection""; ""3.3 Why yes to duties and no to QRs?""; ""3.4 The mechanics of binding the duties""; ""3.5 Interpreting tariff commitments""""3.6 Changes in tariff protection after their consolidation""; ""3.7 Fees and charges for services rendered""; ""3.8 Customs Valuation (CV)""; ""3.9 The Agreement on ; Pre-shipment Inspection (PSIA)""; ""3.10 The MFN""; ""3.11 Special and differential treatment for developing countries""; ""3.12 Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs)""; ""4 Export Subsidies""; ""4.1 Rigidity required?""; ""4.2 From discouraging to outlawing export subsidies""; ""4.3 Counteracting prohibited subsidies""; ""3. Domestic Instruments""; ""1 National Treatment and its Rationale""; ""2 The Coverage""""2.1 Wide coverage""; ""2.2 Subsidies""; ""2.3 Government procurement""; ""2.4 The coverage of Art III of the GATTâ€?revisited""; ""3 National Treatment, and Negative Integration""; ""4 National Treatment: The Legal Discipline""; ""4.1 Fiscal measures""; ""4.2 Non-fiscal measures""; ""4.3 A critique of the case-law concerning NT""; ""4.4 General exceptions""; ""4.5 A specific exception: films""; ""5 Dealing with NTBs""; ""5.1 The TBT and SPS Agreements""; ""5.2 The legal relationship between GATT, TBT, and SPS""; ""5.3 TBT""; ""5.4 The WTO SPS Agreement""; ""6 State Trading Enterprises (STEs)""""6.1 STEs: definitional issues""; ""6.2 The legal obligation in a nutshell""; ""4. State Contingencies""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 National Security (Art XXI of the GATT)""; ""2.1 The legal discipline""; ""2.2 Practice in the GATT years""; ""2.3 Practice in the WTO era""; ""3 BoP""; ""4 Exchange Restrictions""; ""5 Antidumping (Art VI of the GATT)""; ""5.1 An unfair (?) price discrimination""; ""5.2 Finding dumping""; ""5.3 Establishing injury""; ""5.4 Sunset reviews""; ""5.5 Price differentiation in antitrust statutes""; ""5.6 What does the â€?antiâ€? in AD refer to?""