The Elgar companion to the World Trade Organization / edited by Julien Chaisse, Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Chaisse, Julien, editor.

Rodríguez-Chiffelle, Cristián, editor.

Series:

Elgar companions to international organisations.

Elgar companions to international organisations series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade.

World Trade Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"This comprehensive Companion provides an extensive guide to understanding the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its impact on the global economy. Addressing the challenges facing the WTO amidst a rapidly evolving landscape, the book delves into the diverse trade policies of countries and regions, providing rare insights into their impact on the global trade governance frameworks. Featuring insightful contributions from interdisciplinary experts, this essential Companion will aid readers in comprehending the WTO's functions and its significance in international trade and broader economic policies. Chapters explore the influence of regional trade agreements on countries' trade agendas, the WTO's critical role in fostering free and fair trade, and the shifting dynamics of global economic governance. The book further highlights the importance of dispute resolution, regional integration, and coalitions for effective trade policy making. Highlighting the need for increased transparency, flexibility, and adaptability to ensure the WTO's continued relevance in global economic governance, this Companion will be indispensable for scholars and students of institutional economics, international relations, law and politics, and regulation and governance. It will also be beneficial for trade lawyers, experts, and professionals who work in international trade and commerce, as well as NGOs and civil society organizations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Foreword: new thinking for renewed global trade cooperation

Foreword: building a new engine for the multilateral trading system

Abbreviations

1 WTO's legacy, roadblocks, and future in global economic regulation: an introduction

Part I Digitalization

2 Seizing artificial intelligence's trade promise: the role of international agreements

3 Cybersecurity and trade governance

4 The liberalization of digital trade by the WTO: opportunities and challenges for SMEs

5 Electronic payments and the WTO

6 Trade digitalization and taxation

7 Digital transformation of public procurement: WTO's historical and ongoing role

8 Trade and competition policy

9 WTO and intellectual property law in the creative economy

10 Digitalization of special economic zones in China

11 Trade digitalisation in the APEC region

12 Balancing commitments to cross-border data flows with domestic regulation

13 International trade rule-making for the digital economy

14 The legal infrastructure for the digital transformation: the UNCITRAL framework

Part II Facilitation and ESG

15 Public-private partnerships for trade facilitation

16 The WTO approach to trade facilitation in goods and services

17 Investment facilitation at the WTO: What's old? What's new? What's missing?

18 Forging the trade-development nexus in the WTO and FTAs

19 Trade and development for a more inclusive and sustainable future

20 Services domestic regulation in the WTO

21. Revitalizing TRIPs as global norm-setter for geographical indications

22 The new politics of trade: trade in value added and the made in the world initiative

23 Gender social norms: new trade barriers addressed by policy

24 Trade and environment

25 Trade and climate change

26 Energy in WTO law and policy.

27 From social clause to policy space: the trade union narrative on the WTO

Part III Pacification

28 Evaluating the interaction between and compatibility of the global anti-base erosion proposal with international trade rules

29 Trade enforcement tools and international taxation: a digital services tax case study

30 Addressing environmentally harmful subsidies using trade rules: a historical perspective

31 How do political relations affect international trade?

32 The new dimension of human rights in U.S. trade policy

33 The WTO new national security challenge

34 Nearshoring and regional value chains: are they the new normal?

35 A free trade area of the Asia-Pacific for the Asian century

36 New rules for a challenged trading system: the role of safeguards

37 The future of dispute resolution and arbitration at WTO

38 Trade sanctions as a tool of war and peace: examining the EU's sanctions regime in the light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

39 Trade for peace: the past, present, and future

Part IV Country and regional perspectives

40 The EU and the WTO

41 The United States and the WTO: muddling through a trade war

42 China and the WTO: what happens after a honeymoon

43 India at the WTO: torn between multilateralism and domestic interests?

44 Brazil in the WTO

45 Russia and the WTO: a time to throw stones or to gather stones?

46 Africa and WTO: maximizing the benefits of trade multilaterally and regionally

47 WTO, quo vadis? A Latin American perspective

48 Southeast Asia and the World Trade Organization

49 WTO law and policy in the Pacific Island nations: the case of Fiji

50 Least developed countries and the World Trade Organization: supporting graduation and reducing marginalisation in global trade

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Chaisse, Julien The Elgar Companion to the World Trade Organization

ISBN:

9781800882867