Export restrictions on critical minerals and metals : testing the adequacy of WTO disciplines / Ilaria Espa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Espa, Ilaria, author.

Series:

Cambridge international trade and economic law ; 19.

Cambridge international trade and economic law ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Export controls.

Mineral industries--Law and legislation.

Mineral industries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 379 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Export Restrictions on Critical Minerals & Metals

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Conventional wisdom on the insufficiency of existing WTO disciplines on export restrictions has triggered momentum on the issue. In this book, Ilaria Espa offers a comprehensive analysis of the scope and coverage of WTO disciplines on export restrictions in light of emerging case law. She investigates whether such rules still provide a sufficient, credible and effective framework capable of preventing abuses in the use of export restrictive measures on critical minerals and metals during a period of economic crisis and change in international trade patterns. Giving a broad overview of the export restrictions applied to these materials, Espa identifies distinctive features in the proliferation of export barriers and analyses the existing WTO rules to reveal their scope, gaps and inconsistencies. She goes on to present solutions based upon her findings with the aim of bringing more coherence and equity to WTO rules on the export side.

Contents:

Evolving world trade patterns in critical mineral resources

The landscape of export restrictions on critical minerals and metals

Economic effects and policy goals of mineral export restraints

WTO disciplines on export duties between general gatt rules and 'WTO-plus' obligations

WTO disciplines on export quantitative restrictions

Available general exceptions for WTO-inconsistent export restriction

Understanding the multifaceted discourse on how to reform WTO disciplines on export restrictions : a brief conceptual framework

Export restrictions in the DOHA round negotiations

The way forward.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Dec 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781316091012

Access Restriction:

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