A handbook on accession to the WTO / Peter John Williams ; with a foreword by Arif Hussain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Peter (Peter John), author.

Series:

World Trade Organization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization--Membership.

World Trade Organization.

World Trade Organization--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

International trade agencies.

International trade.

Commercial policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Handbook provides a detailed explanation and analysis of the process whereby governments become Members of the WTO. The WTO Agreement, which came into force on 1 January, 1995, provides few details on how this process is to take place. Consequently, the steps in the detailed negotiations leading up to access have evolved through the actual negotiations for governments which have become Members of the WTO since 1995. This handbook provides an account of how the process evolved and in offering details on the process as it is now applied. Moreover, the input of the WTO Secretariat into the preparation of the guide provides information not available until now to anyone outside the Secretariat. The Secretariat has supported production of this handbook in the hope it will serve as a useful source of reference for officials from acceding governments, WTO Members, academia, and the general public.

Contents:

Accession in perspective

The basic rules

Technical assistance and training for acceding countries

The accession process : the procedures and how they have been applied

Substance of accession negotiations.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17267-5

1-280-56264-1

9786613597908

1-139-20524-2

1-139-20305-3

1-139-16210-1

1-139-20164-6

1-139-20604-4

1-139-20446-7

OCLC:

775869541