Law and policy of regional integration : the NAFTA and western hemispheric integration in the World Trade Organization system
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Law and policy of regional integration : the NAFTA and western hemispheric integration in the World Trade Organization system
(NAFTA law and policy series / series editors, Seymour J. Rubin, Dean C. Alexander, v. 1)
M. Nijhoff Publishers , Distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1995
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The publication of Frederick Abbott's new book could not be more timely. The impact of the NAFTA on the North American marketplace has clearly manifested itself over the past year and the emergence of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as the regulator of global commerce will have a profound influence on the conduct of international trade. This book provides a comprehensive approach to the study of the NAFTA and its implications for the global trading system. It covers the political and legal process of NAFTA approval as well as the NAFTA's potential economic impact. Detailed analysis is given to the NAFTA rule systems, dispute settlement mechanisms, and environmental implications. Perhaps most importantly, this book situates the NAFTA into the broader global multilateral trading system now to be embodied in the WTO. It examines the legal rules of the WTO designed to regulate the activities of regional integration arrangements. It considers the potential for conflict between the rules and trade policies of the WTO and those of the NAFTA. This book holds a strong appeal for practitioners and academics interested in international economic law. This book is the first volume in the new NAFTA LAW AND POLICY series. This series will include high-quality studies of different aspects of NAFTA, including legal analysis and commentary on the Agreement. Among the numerous areas that will be covered in the series are NAFTA topics as diverse as agriculture, dispute settlement, environment, intellectual property rights, investment, and labour.
Table of Contents
- The political economy of NAFTA approval
- the basic structure of NAFTA
- regional integration arrangements in the WTO framework
- the NAFTA trade in goods provisions
- the NAFTA provisions regarding services, investment and intellectual property
- the NAFTA regulatory framework and dispute-settlement procedures
- NAFTA and the European Union
- NAFTA and Japan
- NAFTA and the rest of the world
- the future of western hemispheric integration
- appendices - GATT Article XXIV, understanding on the interpretation of Article XXIV of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade 1994, GATT Article V.
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