Technical Barriers to Trade, Preferential Integration and the Law of the WTO.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nuzzo, Silvia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2025.

Summary:

Against the backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, and a departure from multilateralism, the WTO's role in global trade is diminishing.In this insightful book, Silvia Nuzzo examines the increase in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and more specifically, how these agreements regulate technical barriers to trade (TBTs).

Contents:

Foreword / Petros C. Mavroidis

Introduction to Technical Barriers to Trade, Preferential Integration and the Law of the WTO

Part I: Preferential trade agreements and the law of the WTO

The World (Trade Organization) is not enough : the rise of deep PTAs

The WTO legal framework on preferential integration

Part II: Technical barriers to trade : definitions and legal discipline

The legal discipline of the TBT Agreement

The GATT regional exception and the TBT Agreement

Part III: Technical barriers to trade and preferential integration

Reported trends in TBT integration

Mapping TBT+ provisions in PTAs

Case studies

Part IV: Future prospects

Living with deep PTAs

Annex 1: Template of R. Piermartini and M. Budetta (2006)

Annex 2

Annex 3: Selected PTAs

Annex 4: Selected MRAs

Annex 5: The template applied in this research

Annex 6

Annex 7: EU harmonized standards

Annex 8.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-03-537914-7

1-03-534750-4

9781035347506

OCLC:

1561173930