Optimal regulation and the law of international trade : the interface between the right to regulate and WTO law / Boris Rigod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rigod, Boris, author.

Series:

Cambridge international trade and economic law ; 18.

Cambridge international trade and economic law ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade regulation.

Commercial treaties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Optimal Regulation & the Law of International Trade

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

System Details:

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PDF

Summary:

Are the limitations imposed on World Trade Organization (WTO) members' right to regulate efficient? This is a question that is only scarcely, if ever, analysed in existing literature. Boris Rigod aims to provide an answer to this fundamental concern. Using the tools of economic analysis and in particular the concept of economic efficiency as a benchmark, the author states that domestic regulatory measures should only be subject to scrutiny by WTO bodies when they cause negative international externalities through terms of trade manipulations. He then suggests that WTO law, applied by the WTO judiciary can prevent WTO members from attaining optimal levels of regulation. By applying a law and economics methodology, Rigod provides an innovative solution to the problem of how to reconcile members' regulatory autonomy and WTO rules as well as offering a novel analytical framework for assessing domestic regulations in the light of WTO law.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Foreword Petros C. Mavroidis; Introduction; Law and economics in a nutshell; Part I. Optimal Regulation and International Trade Law

Theory: 1. Introduction to Part I; 2. Optimal regulation; 3. Deviations from optimal regulation; 4. Deviations from optimal regulation and the role of international trade agreements; 5. Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Optimal Regulation and International Trade Law

Application: 6. Introduction to Part II; 7. Domestic regulation and the GATT; 8. Domestic regulation and the TBT Agreement; 9. Domestic regulation and the SPS; 10. Conclusion to Part II.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2015).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781316336984

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