A post-WTO international legal order utopian, dystopian and other scenarios / Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Junji Nakagawa, Rostam J. Neuwirth, Colin B. Picker, Peter-Tobias Stoll, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Meredith Kolsky.

Nakagawa, Junji, 1955-

Neuwirth, Rostam J.

Picker, Colin B.

Stoll, Peter-Tobias.

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Law and economics.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

About the Contributors

Abbreviations

Part I: The Post-WTO: Introduction

An Introduction to Utopian and Dystopian Post-WTO Regimes and Environments

1 Introduction

2 Project Conceptual Issues (e.g., Methodological and Theoretical Bases)

3 Approaches

3.1 Utopian

3.1.1 Fundamental Negative Features of the WTO

3.1.2 Identify the Goals or Fundamental Character of the Successor Regime

3.2 Dystopian

3.2.1 Successful or Positive Aspects of the WTO

3.2.2 Consequences of Not Replacing Those Positives

3.3 Substitutes to Fill the Void Left by a Lost WTO

4 Conclusion

References

Part II: The Post-WTO: Macro and Theoretical Perspectives

To Dystopia and Beyond: The WTO in a Warming Megaregional World

2 Climate Change and Its Impact on the Post-WTO Trade Regime

3 The Post-WTO Trade Regime and BRICS+ Countries

Narrowed Down Utopia: Adjusting the WTO to a Changing Trade Environment

2 Typology of WTO Obligations

3 Rise of Collective Obligations

3.1 Services Domestic Regulation

3.2 Investment Facilitation

3.3 Electronic Commerce

3.4 Evidence from Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs)

4 Inconsistencies Between Collective Obligations and the WTO Institutional Framework

4.1 Rule-Making Process

4.2 Enforcement Process

5 Looking Ahead

5.1 Keep Fighting Trade Protectionism

5.2 Avoid Expanding the WTO Rule-Book with Hard Collective Obligations

5.3 Strengthen the WTOsÌ<U+0081> Deliberative Function

6 Conclusion

Waiting for Cordell Hull

2 Interest Group Paralysis in Trade Policy

3 The Cordell Hull Vision of Peace and Prosperity Through Trade

4 Breaking Free from Interest Group Influence

5 What Might a Utopian WTO 2.0 Look Like?

6 Trade vs. Foreign Policy

7 Conclusion

GAIA 2048-A `Glocal Agency in Anthropocene:Ì<U+0081> Cognitive and Institutional Change as `Legal Science Fiction Ì<U+0081>

2 Dystopian Scenario: Specialization and `Fragmented We Fail Ì<U+0081>

3 Utopian Scenario: Synaesthesia and `United We Sense Ì<U+0081>

4 Conclusion: `Dystopian Utopia Ì<U+0081>or Oxymora to Predict the Future by Creating It

If the WTO Were to Break Down Completely, Would We Stoop and Build It Up with Worn-Out Tools?

1 Introduction

2 The Tension Between the Economics and the Politics of Trade and the Choice of Policy Instruments

2.1 Public Choice Theory

2.2 What If the WTO Breaks Down Completely?

3 Constructing an International Economic Order

3.1 Counteracting Protectionist Interests

3.2 Balancing Non-Protectionist Interests

4 Reflecting on the WTO

4.1 Selected WTO Rules

4.2 Selected Dispute Settlement Rulings

4.2.1 China

Publications and Audiovisual Products (2010)

4.2.2 EC

Seal Products (2014)

4.2.3 Concluding Remarks

5 Conclusion

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Part III: The Post-WTO: Dispute Settlement

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Lewis, Meredith Kolsky A Post-WTO International Legal Order : Utopian, Dystopian and Other Scenarios

ISBN:

9783030454289

3030454282

Publisher Number:

40030099370

10.1007/978-3-030-45

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