International trade law and domestic policy : Canada, the United States, and the WTO / Jacqueline D. Krikorian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krikorian, Jacqueline D.

Series:

Law and society series.

Law and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Foreign trade regulation--Political aspects--Canada.

Foreign trade regulation.

Foreign trade regulation--Political aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Critics of the World Trade Organization argue that its binding dispute settlement process imposes a neoliberal agenda on member states. If this is the case, why would any nation agree to participate? Jacqueline Krikorian explores this question by examining the impact of the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism on domestic policies in the United States and Canada. She demonstrates that the WTO's ability to influence domestic arrangements has been constrained by three factors: judicial deference, institutional arrangements, and strategic decision making by political elites in Ottawa and Washington. By bringing the insights of law and politics scholarship to bear on a subject matter traditionally addressed by international relations scholars, Krikorian shows that the classic division in political science between these two fields of study, though suitable in the postwar era, is outdated in the context of a globalized world.

Contents:

Judicial review and the WTO

Courts and public policy making

The legalization of the GATT trading regime

The establishment of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism

Washington, Ottawa, and the WTO Agreement

The United States and the WTO

The United States, trade remedies, and the WTO

Canada and the WTO

The impact of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism on domestic law and policy.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-71664-X

0-7748-2308-9

OCLC:

777304449