Multilateralism versus regionalism : trade issues after the Uruguay Round / / edited by Meine Pieter van Dijk and Sandro Sideri

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807794703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Portland, OR, : Frank Cass; Geneva, : EADI, 1996
• ISBN: 1-135-77764-0; 1-135-77765-9; 1-280-14731-8; 0-203-98866-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Collana: EADI book series ; ; 19
• Altri autori (Persone): DijkMeine Pieter van; SideriS. <1934->
• Disciplina: 337.1; 382
• Soggetti: International trade; Regionalism
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Introduction: The Results of the Uruguay Round and the Agenda for the World Trade Organisation; 2 Regionalisation of World Trade Dead End or Way Out?; 3 Bilateralism versus Multilaterism: Changes in EU's Trade Policy for Europe; 4 The EU's Trade Policy for the ACP Countries: Is It Conflicting with Multilateralism?; 5 The Integration of Regional Groups into Multi-Country Organisations; 6 Green Protectionism: A Threat to Third World Exports?; 7 Multilateral Trade and Technical Standards: Theoretical Approaches to Harmonisation8 GATT and the Theory of Intellectual Property; 9 Disarmament and International Trade: A General Equilibrium Approach; 10 The Restrictiveness of the MFA: Evidence on Eastern European Exports to the EU; 11 Trade Policy and Foreign Investment: Redeployment Illustrated by the Textiles and Clothing Industry; 12 The Impact of the Uruguay Round on International Commodity Agreements: ; The Case of Coffee; 13 The External Impact of the New Common Agricultural Policy: An Assessment in Terms of Strategic Trade Policy
• Sommario/riassunto: The completion of the Uruguay Round in April 1994 has not solved all the problems. The issue of regionalism versus multilateral agreements such as the Uruguay Round remains a crucial one, as is argued in the first five chapters of this volume. Successive chapters deal with specific issues such as green protectionism, technical standards, intellectual property rights protection, the effects of disarmament on international trade, the effects of abolishing the Multi-fibre Agreement and the external impact of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy. The volume, on the whole, takes up where