Trade Multilateralism in the Twenty-First Century (eBook, PDF)

Building the Upper Floors of the Trading System Through WTO Accessions
Redaktion: Kireyev, Alexei

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Trade multilateralism in the twenty-first century faces a serious test as weakness in the global economy and fast-paced technological changes create a challenging environment for world trade. This book examines how an updated and robust, rules-based multilateral framework, anchored in the WTO, remains indispensable to maximizing the benefits of global economic integration and to reviving world trade. By examining recent accessions to the WTO, it reveals how the growing membership of the WTO has helped to support domestic reforms and to strengthen the rules-based framework of the WTO. It argues that the new realities of the twenty-first century require an upgrade to the architecture of the multilateral trading system. By erecting its 'upper floors' on the foundation of existing trade rules, the WTO can continue to adapt to a fast-changing environment and to maximize the benefits brought about by its ever-expanding membership.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108373166
• Artikelnr.: 50463361

Autorenporträt

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was created in 1947 and operated almost five decades on a provisional basis until 1995 when the WTO was established. Its goal is to improve the welfare of peoples of its member countries, specifically by lowering trade barriers and providing a platform for the negotiation of trade. The organization deals with the rules of trade between nations at a global or near global level; it is responsible for negotiating and implementing new trade agreements and charged with policing Member Countries' adherence to all WTO agreements. In 2007 there were 150 Member States.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Making trade multilateralism work for all: the role of WTO accessions
Alexei Kireyev and Chiedu Osakwe; Part I. WTO Accessions And The New Trade
Multilateralism: 2. The WTO and the changing state of the global economy
Alexei Kireyev; 3. The art and science of negotiation: de-politicizing and
technicizing negotiations Micheline Calmy-Rey and Svenja Rauch; 4. The
accession of Kazakhstan: dealing with complexity Alexei Kireyev, Chiedu
Osakwe and Anna Varyanik; 5. Helping businesses navigate WTO accession
Arancha González; 6. WTO rules, accession protocols and mega-regionals -
complementarity and governance in the rules-based global economy Maa Leki¿
and Chiedu Osakwe; 7. Promoting good governance: from encouraging a
principle to taking concrete action - examples from WTO accession protocols
and the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Juneyoung Lee, Nora Neufeld and
Anna Varyanik; 8. Transforming accessions data into knowledge Hubert
Escaith, Chiedu Osakwe, Vicky Chemutai and Ying Yan; Part II. Negotiators'
Perspectives On The WTO Accession Process: 9. Accession of Liberia: an
agenda for transformation Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Axel Addy; 10.
Afghanistan's accession: challenged by conflict Humayoon Rasaw; 11. The WTO
accession of Seychelles: lessons from a small island economy Pierre
Laporte, Charles Morin and Cillia Mangroo; 12. WTO accession negotiations
from a negotiator's perspective Atsuyuki Oike; Part III. Accessions Acquis:
Thematic Perspectives and Implementation Challenges: 13. How post-TRIPS
negotiations reframe the 'trade-related aspects' of intellectual property
after TRIPS: the lessons of WTO accessions Antony Taubman; 14. Competition
policy in WTO accessions: filling in the blanks in the international
trading system Robert D. Anderson, Anna Caroline Müller and Nivedita Sen;
15. Geographical indications in the accessions landscape Tatiana Yanguas
Acosta; 16. WTO accession commitments on agriculture: lessons for WTO
rule-making Diwakar Dixit; 17. The WTO-plus obligations: dual class or a
strengthened system? Nannan Gao and Fangying Zheng; 18. Accession protocols
and the private sector Josefita Pardo de León and Mariam Soumaré; 19.
Post-accession support platform Maika Oshikawa; 20. Conclusion - trade
multilateralism: enhancing flexibility, preserving the momentum Alexei
Kireyev and Chiedu Osakwe.