Tariff negotiations and renegotiations under the GATT and the WTO : procedures and practices / Anwarul Hoda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoda, Anwarul, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization).

World Trade Organization.

Foreign trade regulation.

Tariff.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

312 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2001]

Contents:

Chapter I Legal Framework for Tariff Negotiations and Renegotiations under GATT 1994

A. Provisions Relating to Tariff Negotiations 7

B. Provisions Relating to Tariff Renegotiations 11

C. Other Provisions Relating to Tariff Negotiations and Renegotiations 18

Chapter II Tariff Conferences and Rounds of Multilateral Trade Negotiations

B. Modalities of Tariff Negotiations 26

C. Procedural Aspects of Rounds of Negotiations 44

D. Reciprocity and its Measurement during Negotiations 52

E. Developing Countries and the Concept of Non-Reciprocity 56

F. Base Rate and Base Date 64

G. Staging of Tariff Reductions 65

H. Participation in Tariff Negotiations 67

I. Institutional Aspects and Secretariat Support 68

J. Results of Tariff Negotiations 70

K. Tariff Negotiations for Accession 73

Chapter III Bilateral and Plurilateral Negotiations

A. Bilateral and Plurilateral Negotiations under GATT 1947 79

B. Bilateral and Plurilateral Negotiations under the WTO 79

Chapter IV Practice and Procedures in Renegotiation

A. Renegotiations during the Period 1948-1957 83

B. Renegotiations during the Period 1958-1994 under Article XXVIII: 1, 4 and 5 88

C. Other Renegotiations during the Period 1958-1994 97

D. Renegotiations under the WTO Agreement 1995-1999 107

Chapter V Schedules of Tariff Concessions: Rectification, Modification and Consolidation

A. Establishment of Schedules, their Rectification and Modification 111

B. Consolidation of Schedules 117

C. Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System 124

D. Integrated Data Base 131

Appendix A. Key Provisions in the Havana Charter. GATT 1994 and the WTO Agreement and Related Understandings 139

Appendix B. Decisions and Declarations commencing Rounds of Multilateral Trade Negotiations 171

Appendix C. Protocols Embodying the Results of Multilateral Trade Negotiations 227

Appendix D. Decisions on Procedures on Renegotiations, Rectifications, Modifications and related subjects 253.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0521804493

OCLC:

45898940