Globalization and international trade policies [[electronic resource] /] / Robert M. Stern

• Autore: Stern Robert M (Robert Mitchell), <1927->
• Pubblicazione: Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (796 p.)
• Disciplina: 382/.3
• Soggetto topico: International trade; Globalization - Economic aspects; Free trade; Foreign trade regulation; Commercial policy
• Soggetto geografico: United States Commercial policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Introduction and Overview Robert M. Stern; I. Introduction; II. Overview; Part I. Globalization; 2. What the Public Should Know about Globalization and the World Trade Organization Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern; I. Introduction; II. Globalization; What Is It?; Whom Does It Help and Whom Does It Hurt?; Dynamic Effects of Trade; Effects of International Capital Flows; Other Effects of Globalization; What Should be Done about Globalization?; III. The WTO; What Is It?; Whom Does It Help and Whom Does It Hurt? ; Other Objections to the WTO What Happened in Seattle?; What to Do?; IV. Conclusion; On Globalization:; On the WTO:; On Seattle:; Study Questions; References; Suggested Further Reading; 3. Globalization's Bystanders: Does Trade Liberalization Hurt Countries That Do Not Participate? Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern; I. Introduction; II. When Can a Country Free Ride?; III. Which Tariffs Will Fall with Multilateral Liberalization?; IV. Preferential Trade Liberalization; V. Conclusion; Study Questions; References; Suggested Further Reading ; 4. Global Market Integration and National Sovereignty Andrew G. Brown and Robert M. Stern I. Introduction; II. The Global Trading System: Yesterday and Today; The New Era of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO); Reciprocity and the Changing Character of Trade Negotiations; III. Non-Discrimination and Free Trade Arrangements; The Systemic Effects of FTAs; IV. Establishing the Boundaries of the WTO; The Boundaries to the WTO Regime; Economic Nationalism; Domestic Subsidies and Industrial Policies; TRIMS and TRIPS; Government Procurement ; Markets and Institutions Competition Policy; Labor Standards; Environmental Standards; Health and Safety Standards and Consumer Protection; The Playing Field; Free Trade Agreements; V. Conclusion; Study Questions; References; Suggested Further Reading; 5. Concepts of Fairness in the Global Trading System Andrew G. Brown and Robert M. Stern; I. Introduction; II. The Efficiency Criterion; III. Equality of Opportunity and Market Access; Reciprocity; Initial Conditions; IV. Distributive Equity and Market Access; V. Equality of Opportunity in Supporting Rules; Developed Countries ; Developing Countries VI. Procedural Justice; VII. Fairness and the Doha Round; Stiglitz and Charlton Principles of Fairness; Achieving Equality of Opportunity and Distributive Equity in the Doha Round; VIII. Conclusion; Study Questions; References; Suggested Further Reading; Part II. Analysis of Multilateral, Regional, and Bilateral Trading Arrangements; 6. Multilateral Trade Negotiations and Preferential Trading Arrangements Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern; I. Introduction; II. The Principles of GATT2; III. A Brief History of GATT Negotiating Rounds4 ; IV. Preferential Trading Arrangements and the GATT GATT Article XXIV
• Sommario/riassunto: This book brings together a collection of papers that Robert M Stern and his co-authors have written in recent years. The collection addresses a variety of issues pertinent to the global trading system. One group of papers deals with globalization in terms of what the public needs to know about this phenomenon and the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO), whether some countries may be hurt by globalization, how global market integration relates to national sovereignty, and how and whether considerations of fairness are and should be dealt with in the global trading system and WTO negotiation
• Titolo autorizzato: Globalization and international trade policies
• ISBN: 1-282-76025-4; 9786612760259; 981-279-809-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455608303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Scientific studies in international economics ; ; 9.