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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779297703321

Autore

Krikorian Jacqueline D

Titolo

International trade law and domestic policy [[electronic resource] ] : Canada, the United States, and the WTO / / Jacqueline D. Krikorian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-71664-X

0-7748-2308-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Law and society series

Disciplina

343.7108/7

Soggetti

Foreign trade regulation - Political aspects - Canada

Foreign trade regulation - Political aspects - United States

Canada Politics and government

United States Politics and government

Canada Politique et gouvernement

EĢtats-Unis Politique et gouvernement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Judicial review and the WTO -- Courts and public policy making -- The legalization of the GATT trading regime -- The establishment of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism -- Washington, Ottawa, and the WTO Agreement -- The United States and the WTO -- The United States, trade remedies, and the WTO -- Canada and the WTO -- The impact of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism on domestic law and policy.

Sommario/riassunto

Critics of the World Trade Organization argue that its binding dispute settlement process imposes a neoliberal agenda on member states. If this is the case, why would any nation agree to participate? Jacqueline Krikorian explores this question by examining the impact of the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism on domestic policies in the United States and Canada. She demonstrates that the WTO's ability to influence domestic arrangements has been constrained by three factors: judicial deference, institutional arrangements, and strategic decision making by political elites in Ottawa and Washington. By bringing the insights of law and politics scholarship to bear on a subject matter traditionally



addressed by international relations scholars, Krikorian shows that the classic division in political science between these two fields of study, though suitable in the postwar era, is outdated in the context of a globalized world.