The WTO and global governance : future directions / edited by Gary P. Sampson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sampson, Gary P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Commercial treaties.

Foreign trade regulation.

International economic relations.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is mandated by governments to pursue full employment, a steady growth in real income, and higher standards of living for its 150-plus member countries. Its role is also to ensure the optimal use of the world's resources in accordance with sustainable development. As a result, the WTO has greatly extended its reach into nontraditional areas of trade policy, even though it is only part of a more global structure of international agreements with overlapping objectives and commitments. These commitments serve to shape domestic policy choices and constitute a principal feature of global governance. The WTO has a principal role to play in determining the borderline between domestic policy choices and international commitments. While the extended reach of the WTO is lauded by some as one of the greatest achievements in international cooperation, others see it as anathema and an encroachment on national sovereignty. What should be the role of the WTO in global governance? This book contains a variety of views. It explores the policy implications of WTO trade-related issues that overlap with other institutions and proposes future policy directions that could ensure coherent and consistent policies at the national and international levels.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Abbreviations

Introduction and overview: Future directions

Part I The bigger picture

1 The WTO's contribution to global governance

2 The WTO, global governance and policy options

3 Enhancing the role of the WTO in global governance

Part II Non-trade-related issues

4 Governing at the trade-environment interface

5 Promoting policy coherence in the global governance of trade and employment

6 Placing human rights in the Geneva consensus

7 Pharmaceutical patents and access to medicines

Part III The importance of development

8 The WTO, global governance and development

9 Globalization, trade and developing countries

10 Aid for Trade and global governance: An ITC perspective

11 The future of the WTO and free trade

Part IV Dispute settlement and governance

12 Some thoughts on the WTO dispute settlement procedure

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7123-4

OCLC:

649915266