Steinberg / Barton / Goldstein The Evolution of the Trade Regime

Politics, Law, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3789-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Steinberg, Richard H.

Barton, John H.

Goldstein, Judith L.

Josling, Timothy E.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations, Box, and Tables ix

Preface xi

Chapter 1: Political Analysis of the Trade Regime 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Understanding the Political Economy of the GATT/WTO Regime 5

1.3 State Power and International Trade Institutions 10

1.4 Nonstate Actors and Domestic Institutional Design 14

1.5 Ideas and Institutional Design 16

1.6 Accommodating Changes in Power, Interests, and Ideas 18

1.7 Alternative Perspectives on the Trade Regime 22

Chapter 2: Creating Constituencies and Rules for Open Markets 27

2.1 Why Create a Trade Regime? 29

2.2 The GATT 1947 Trade Regime 38

2.3 The Early GATT 41

2.4 Creating the WTO 47

2.5 Making Authoritative Decisions 48

2.6 Alternatives to Multilateralism: Preferential Trade Agreements 52

2.7 Conclusion: The Trade Regime, Domestic Constituencies, and Free Trade 55

Chapter 3: The Politics of the GATT/WTO Legal System: Legislative and Judicial Processes 61

3.1 Legislative Rules and Processes --and Transatlantic Power 61

3.2 Implementation and Dispute Settlement: The Expansion of Judicial Lawmaking --and Transatlantic Power 67

3.3 Conclusion: Prospects for Continued Viability of WTO Legislative and Judicial Rules 87

Chapter 4: Expanding Trade Rules and Conventions: Designing New Agreements at the Border 91

4.1 Introduction 91

4.2 The Uruguay Round Tasks 92

4.3 Extension of Scope of Trade System 94

4.4 Incorporating the "Laggard" Sectors 98

4.5 Consolidating the Codes 108

4.6 The Un ?nished Business 119

4.7 Conclusion 120

Chapter 5: Extending Trade Rules to Domestic Regulations: Developing "Behind the Border" Instruments 125

5.1 Introduction 125

5.2 Bringing in Services: Negotiation of the GATS 127

5.3 Health, Agricultural Regulations, and Industrial Standards 135

5.4 Intellectual Property Protection and the Trading System 139

5.5 The Newest Problems: New Tools, Actors, and Coalitions? 143

5.6 The Search for New Principles and New Coalitions 149

Chapter 6: Expansion of GATT/WTO Membership and the Proliferation of Regional Groups 153

6.1 Introduction 153

6.2 GATT/WTO Membership Conditions 154

6.3 Increasing Involvement of Developing Countries 160

6.4 Different Perspectives and Coalitions 169

6.5 Responding to the Concerns of the Developing Nations 172

6.6 Preferential Trade Arrangements and Developing Countries 174

Chapter 7: Accommodating Nonstate Actors: Representation of Interests, Ideas, and Information in a State-Centric System 182

7.1 The Role of Nonstate Actors 183

7.2 Complaints about Process: "Underrepresentation" of New Nonstate Actors'Interests 192

7.3 Domestic Institutional Processes of Interest Representation and Intermediation 194

7.4 Representation at the WTO: The Legislative Process 198

7.5 Representation at the WTO: The Judicial Process 199

7.6 Conclusions 201

Chapter 8: Conclusions 204

8.1 Is Trade Politics "Low" Politics? 205

8.2 What Is New about the WTO? 208

8.3 An International Bureaucracy 211

8.4 Measuring Success 213

8.5 In Conclusion: Trade Relations in the Twenty-First Century 214

Bibliography 219

Index 233

Über Autor(innen)

John H. Barton is George E. Osborne Professor of Law Emeritus at Stanford University Law School. Judith L. Goldstein is professor of political science at Stanford University. Timothy E. Josling is senior fellow at the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies and emeritus professor at the Food Research Institute at Stanford University. Richard H. Steinberg is professor at UCLA School of Law.