WTO accessions and trade multilateralism : case studies and lessons from the WTO at twenty / edited by Uri Dadush and Chiedu Osakwe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dadush, Uri B., editor.

Osakwe, Chiedu I. (Chiedu Igwebuike), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

International economic relations.

International trade.

International economic relations--Case studies.

International trade--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 973 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Other Title:

WTO Accessions & Trade Multilateralism

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

What have WTO accessions contributed to the rules-based multilateral trading system? What demands have been made by original WTO members on acceding governments? How have the acceding governments fared? This volume of essays offers critical readings on how WTO accession negotiations have expanded the reach of the multilateral trading system not only geographically but also conceptually, clarifying disciplines and pointing the way to their further strengthening in future negotiations. Members who have acceded since the WTO was established now account for twenty per cent of total WTO membership. In the age of globalization there is an increased need for a universal system of trade rules. Accession negotiations have been used by governments as an instrument for domestic reforms, and one lesson from the accession process is that there are contexts which lead multilateral trade negotiations to successful outcomes even in the complex and multi-polar twenty-first century economic environment.

Contents:

Foreword / Roberto Azevêdo

PART I. WTO ACCESSIONS, THE TRADING SYSTEM AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: A reflection on accessions as the WTO turns twenty / Uri Dadush, Chiedu Osakwe

Developments in the global economy and trading system effects : the transformation of world trade / Uri Dadush

The WTO and the global economy : contemporary challenges and possible responses / Bernard M. Hoekman

The structural reform implications of WTO accession / Mona Haddad, Claire H. Hollweg, Alberto Portugal-Perez

The macroeconomic implications of WTO accession / Alexei Kireyev

The future of Asia : unleashing the power of trade and governance / Emil P. Bolongaita, Maika Oshikawa

Eurasian Economic Union integration : timetable, priorities and challenges / Andrey Slepnev

WTO accessions : what does the academic literature say? / Alexei Kireyev, Mustapha Sekkate

PART II. OVERVIEW : SYSTEMIC OUTCOMES FROM ACCESSIONS: Contributions and lessons from WTO accessions : the present and future of the rules-based multilateral trading system / Chiedu Osakwe

WTO rule-making : WTO Accession Protocols and jurisprudence / Valerie Hughes

The evolution of the GATT/WTO Accession Protocol : legal tightening and domestic ratification / Petra Beslac, Chiedu Osakwe

PART III. MEMBERS' PERSPECTIVES ON ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS: WTO accessions from a member's perspective : safeguarding the rules-based system / Mark Linscott, Cecilia Klein

WTO accessions : a market access perspective on growth

the approach of the European Union / Carlos Gimeno Verdejo

WTO accessions : a rules perspective on growth

the approach of the European Union / Ruta Zarnauskaite

WTO accession negotiations : trends and results in agriculture plurilaterals / Julie-Ann Guivarra

The 2001 WTO accession of China : negotiating experience

challenges, opportunities and post-accession approaches / Xiankun Lu

The 2001 WTO accession of the Separate Customs Territory Of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen And Matsu : negotiating experience

challenges, opportunities and approaches post- accession / Thomas Pen-Chung Tung

The 2004 WTO accession of Cambodia : negotiating priorities and experience

growth and integration eleven years later / Cham Prasidh

The 2008 WTO accession of Ukraine : negotiating experience

challenges, opportunities and post-accession approaches / Valeriy Pyatnitskiy, Svitlana Zaitseva

The year 2012 : WTO accession of Montenegro

why did we apply to join? priorities and results / Goran Scepanovic, Danijela Gacevic

The 2012 WTO accession of Russia : negotiating experience

challenges, opportunities and post-accession approaches / Maxim Medvedkov, Dmitry Lyakishev

The 2013 WTO accession of Lao PDR : specific commitments and the integration of least-developed countries into the global economy / Khemmani Pholsena, Buavanh Vilavong

The 2013 WTO accession of Tajikistan : experience of a landlocked economy in a changing regional economic configuration / Saidrahmon Nazriev

The 2014 WTO accession of Yemen : accession negotiations as an instrument for domestic reform, national security and international cooperation / Saadaldeen Ali Bin Talib.

PART IV. WORKING PARTY CHAIRPERSONS' PERSPECTIVES ON ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS: Facilitating accessions : the role of the working party chairperson / Clyde Kull

A podium perspective : experiences and challenges of chairing a working party / Stefan H. Jóhannesson

Are there different rules for least-developed countries in a rule-based system? / Steffen Smidt

Managing the challenge of acceding post-conflict states / Joakim Reiter

PART V. SALIENT FEATURES IN WTO ACCESSION PROTOCOLS: Market access goods negotiations : salience, results and meaning / Jürgen Richtering, Eric Ng Shing, Mustapha, Sekkate, Dayong Yu

Services market opening : salience, results and meaning / Antonia Carzaniga, Aik Hoe Lim, Juneyoung Lee

WTO accession and the private sector : the nexus of rules and market opportunities / Rajesh Aggarwal, Charlotta Falenius

WTO accession and accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement : what is the relationship? : why should WTO acceding governments also consider GPA accession? / Robert D. Anderson, Anna Caroline Müller

Energy-related rules in Accession Protocols : where are they? / Juneyoung Lee, Amara Okenwa, George Tebagana, Prajwal Baral

Domestic framework for making and enforcing policies / Josefita Pardo De León, Rafat Al-Akhali

Export duty commitments : the treaty dialogue and the pattern of commitments / Chiedu Osakwe, Dayong Yu, Petra Beslac

Disciplining state trading practices : lessons from WTO accession negotiations / Dimitar Bratanov

Intellectual property rights protection : the plus/minus debate from a least-developed country perspective

sense and nonsense / Alexandra Bhattacharya, Joan Laker Apecu

The future of multilateral investment rules in the WTO : contributions from WTO accession outcomes / Chiedu Osakwe, Juneyoung Lee

Sanitary and phytosanitary measures : trends in accession plurilateral negotiations / Chiedu Osakwe, Anna Varyanik

Strengthening transparency in the multilateral trading system : the contribution of the WTO accession process / Petra Beslac

PART VI. CONCLUSION: Accession Protocols as building blocks / Chiedu Osakwe, Uri Dadush

Annex. Contributor biographies.

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