Trade and investment rule-making [electronic resource] : the role of regional and bilateral agreements / edited by Stephen Woolcock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woolcock, Stephen.

United Nations University. UNU-CRIS.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trade blocs.

International trade.

Foreign trade regulation.

Regional economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo, Japan : United Nations University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Regional trade agreements are playing a greater role in shaping trade and investment rules around the world. To date the study of preferential agreements has focused on their impact on tariff preferences, but as tariffs are reduced rule-making becomes more important in trade and investment. This book addresses the role of regional and bilateral agreements in rule-making; provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of regional and other preferential agreements on rule-making; and illustrates the role of regional agreements in a multi-level process of rule-making. Seven detaile

Contents:

Trade and investment rule-making; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of contributors; Foreword; List of acronyms; 1 Introduction; 2 Rule-making in agricultural trade: RTAs and the multilateral trading system; 3 The interaction between levels of rule-making in international trade and investment; 4 Preferential rules of origin: Models and levels of rule-making; 5 The interaction between levels of rule-making in public procurement; 6 Assessing the interaction between levels of rule-making: Trade in telecommunications services

7 The international regulation of IPRs in a TRIPs and TRIPs-plus world8 International investment rules; 9 Conclusions; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4294-5027-4

92-808-7083-1

OCLC:

654604728