Business Guide to the World Trading System / ITC.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

ITC.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Trade and Finance.

Local Subjects:

International Trade and Finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2000.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

As world trade becomes more and more global, the rules of the world trading system are being continuously refined. For a better participation in the world trading system, it has become necessary to understand clearly the business implications of these rules. The Business Guide to the World Trading System starts with an overview of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) legal system and the benefits that the business community can derive from it. The Guide explains the role of the WTO as a forum for negotiations, presents the rules applicable to trade in goods; reviews the main features of the rules of the General Agreement on Trade in Services; explains the rules applicable to government procurement and State trading; describes the provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; and looks at the new subject areas on which analytical work is being carried out to determine whether negotiations within the WTO on the development of new rules to cover their trade-related aspects would be desirable.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Note

Introduction

Overview

WTO: Forum for negotiations, dispute settlement and trade policy reviews

Four main rules of GATT

Valuation of goods for customs purposes

Preshipment inspection

Mandatory and voluntary product standards, and sanitary and phytosanitary regulations

Import licensing procedures

Rules applicable to exports

Rules governing subsidies on industrial products

Safeguard measures to restrict imports in emergency situations

Safeguard actions for economic development purposes: Special flexibility available to developing countries

Response to unfair trade practices: Rules on the use of countervailing and anti-dumping duties

Rules of origin

Trade-related investment measures

Agreement on textiles and clothing

Agreement on agriculture

Results of market access negotiations

General agreement on trade in services

Government procurement

State trading

Agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights

Trade and environment

Trade and investment

Trade and competition policy

Transparency in government procurement practices

Trade facilitation

Electronic commerce.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

ISBN:

9789213618172

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.