International trade and economic law and the European Union / Sara Dillon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dillon, Sara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Foreign trade regulation.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This timely book explores the developing nature of international trade law, with particular emphasis on World Trade Organization law and its effects within the European Union. In the aftermath of the Seattle upheaval, vital questions are being raised as to the future course of global economic law; its overall legitimacy, implications for democracy, for national social and environmental policies, and for the well being of the world's people. This highly technical subject is rigorously analysed, yet the main legal developments and the major trade disputes are discussed in an accessible narrative style. The first section covers the common historical roots of the GATT and the EC, systems of integration that were part of an idealistic post-war heritage. The book goes on to demonstrate the idiosyncratic development of GATT law, leading to the launch of the WTO in 1995 and the controversial Uruguay Round Agreements which represented the beginning of an enormous proliferation of causes of action and a greatly enhanced legalism for the global trading system."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

PART I GLOBAL CONTEXT. 1 Introduction: The Problem of Europe in a Globalised World ; 2 Early GATT

PART II THE EFFECTS OF THE URUGUAY ROUND. 3 Intellectual Property Rights and Trade: Creating the TRIPS Agreement ; 4 "Free Trade in Investments" ; 5 "Trade and the Environment": International trade rules and national regulation of the environment ; 6 The trouble with Trade in Agriculture ; 7 Safeguards: Escape clauses and the power of self-protection ; 8 Liberalising the Textile trade: The only Uuruguay Round Agreement of clear benefit to the Developing World ; 9 The Power of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) ; 10 National measures against dumping and subsidies

PART III EXTERNAL TRADE RELATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. 11 European External Trade Relations: Uniformity Without ; 12 The European Court of Justice meets GATT Law: The Power of First Impressions.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610801305

9781472562623

1472562623

9781280801303

1280801301

9781847312464

1847312462

OCLC:

181845714