Defending interests : public-private partnerships in WTO litigation / / Gregory C. Shaffer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811492903321
• Autore: Shaffer Gregory C. <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2003
• ISBN: 0-8157-9622-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 227 p
• Disciplina: 343/.087
• Soggetti: Actions and defenses; Public-private sector cooperation; Foreign trade regulation
• 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: The blurring of the public and the private in international trade law -- Public-private partnerships in theoretical perspective -- The United States's initial partnership edge in opening foreign markets -- Is the EC moving toward a U.S. partnership model? -- Why a more aggressive U.S. approach? -- Transatlantic public-private partnerships -- The social, political, and legal implications.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the growing interaction between private enterprises and public officials to challenge foreign trade barriers. Building on more than one hundred interviews with former and current trade officials and private attorneys in the United States and Europe, Gregory Shaffer calls attention to the ways in which well-organized private parties are using the World Trade Organization's legal system to advance their own commercial ambitions, and how public officials increasingly are dependent on their assistance. Shaffer assesses the historical, political, legal, economic, and cultural factors that have affected the formation of these ad hoc public-private partnerships, as well as trends in the European Union toward U.S.-style practice. He considers the implications of these public-private trade litigation networks for the effectiveness and equity of the WTO system and the stability of U.S.-E.U. relations.