The WTO and the multilateral trading system : past, present and future
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The WTO and the multilateral trading system : past, present and future
Zed, c2003
- : hard (Zed)
- : pbk. (Zed)
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内容説明・目次
内容説明
This book charts the evolution of the multilateral trading system over the past half century and explores the future outlook for the intergovernmental body that constitutes its institutional base and which is responsible for governing the conduct of global commerce, the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
The author, a leading authority on international trade, identifies the distinct trends that have characterised the historical progression of the system, from the formulation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947 through the WTO's inception in 1995 to the present day. He examines how the GATT/WTO framework has traditionally been used by the major industrial nations as a vehicle to pursue their own narrow economic and political interests, at the expense of Third World countries' development prospects. This North-South imbalance continues to pervade the multilateral trade regime today, in the form of inherent inequities in the WTO agreements and their implementation, and attempts to insert potentially damaging new issues into the WTO agenda. Further, this book traces the intimate links between these substantive deficiencies and the WTO's murky decision-making processes, which are dominated by its developed country members to the detriment of the developing countries.
Looking to the future, the author asserts that such one-sidedness cannot and must not persist if the WTO is to foster a healthy stability in international economic relations. Towards this end, he advances concrete suggestions for radical reform in the basic structure, rules and practices of the trade body, and for complementary actions on the part of other institutional, governmental and non-governmental actors. The analysis and proposals laid out in this book are throughout grounded in a practical perspective aimed at yielding the cooperation and mutual gain among nations that are required to harvest the full benefits of international trade.
目次
Preface
1. The Long Stride: From Havana to Doha
Foundation
Background
Important Milestones
Important Informal Processes
Distinct Trends
Changing Colours on the Horizon
2. Main Features of GATT/WTO
Introduction
Provisions relating to Goods Trade
International Transactions in Services
Protection of IPRs
Dispute Settlement Process
Mismatch between Objectives and Instruments
3. Implementation and Implications
Types of Action
Problems and Implications
Workings of Enforcement Machinery
Implementation Issues in the WTO
4. New Issues in the WTO
Emergence of New Issues
Environment
Investment
Competition Policy
Government Procurement
Trade Facilitation
Electronic Commerce
Social Clause: Labour Standards
Basic Unfairness in Initiating New Issues
5. WTO Processes
Introduction
From Proposals to Conclusions
From Proposals to Agreements
Strength, Strategies and Methods of Developed Countries
Functioning of Developing Countries
Conduct of Meetings and Conferences
Role of the Secretariat
6. Towards the Future
Need for a Multilateral Trading System
Role at Multilateral Level
Developed Countries' Role
Developing Countries' Role
WTO Secretariat's Role
Role of UNCTAD
Role of NGOs
Prospects for the Future
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
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