The regulation of product standards in world trade law / Ming Du.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du, Ming, 1976- author.

Series:

Studies in international trade and investment law ; volume 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade regulation.

Production standards--Law and legislation.

Production standards.

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization).

World Trade Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Hart Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"This monograph has two central purposes. The first is to provide a critical analysis of how governmental, private and hybrid product standards are regulated in the GATT/WTO legal framework. The second purpose is to explore - both positively and normatively - the impact that WTO disciplines may have on the composition, function and decision-making process of various standard-setting bodies through the lens of a series of selected case studies, including: the EU eco-labelling scheme; ISO standards; and private standards such as GlobalGAP. The book analyses what role, if any, the WTO may play in making product standards applied in international trade embody not only technological superiority but also substantive and procedural fairness such as deliberation, representativeness, openness, transparency, due process and accountability. Whilst it has been long recognised that voluntary product standards drawn up by both governmental and non-governmental bodies can in practice create trade barriers as serious as mandatory governmental regulations, a rigorous and systematic inquiry into the boundary, relevance and impact of WTO disciplines on product standards is still lacking. Providing a lucid interpretation of the relevant WTO rules and cases on product standards, this book fills this significant gap in WTO law literature. Definitive and comprehensive, this is an essential reference work for scholars and practitioners alike"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

An overview of product standards in international trade

The basic WTO obligations on product standard

International regulatory cooperation in product standards

The regulation of private standards in the WTO

Case studies

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Print version: Du, Ming, 1976- The regulation of product standards in world trade law

ISBN:

9781509931156

1509931155

9781509931149

1509931147

9781509931163

1509931163

OCLC:

1157841511