Handbook on Accession to the Wto - A Wto Secretariat Publication

Klappentext Produced by the WTO Secretariat, this handbook explains the process whereby governments become Members of the WTO. Zusammenfassung This Handbook provides detailed information regarding the WTO accession process has until now only been available to the WTO Secretariat. Produced by the Secretariat! this handbook explains the process whereby governments become Members of the WTO. Analysis and comparison of the accession of specific governments! including China! is also included. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction and summary; 1. Accession in perspective; 2. The basic rules; 3. Technical assistance and training for acceding countries; 4. The accession process: the procedures and how they have been applied; 5. Substance of accession negotiations; Annexes: Annex 1. Statistical survey; Annex 2. WTO provisions on accession; Annex 3. Ministerial declarations (accession-related paragraphs); Annex 4. Guidelines for accession of least-developed countries; Annex 5. Documentation and timeline for completed accessions; Annex 6. Basic factual information to be supplied; Annex 7. Supplementary factual information; Annex 8. Formats for initial tariff offer and for schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods; Annex 9. Drafting a services schedule; Annex 10. Text of decisions on accession and accession protocols; Annex 11. List of WTO agreements and associated legal instruments; Annex 12. Overview of protocol commitments; Annex 13. Suggested formats for legislative action plans and transitional periods for LDC; Annex 14. Agricultural tariff rate quotas and special safeguards; Annex 15. Sectoral initiatives.

Product details

• Authors: World Trade Organization
• Assisted by: Hussain Arif (Foreword)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.06.2008
• EAN: 9780521425940
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42594-0
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: World Trade Organization; World Trade Organization
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, macroeconomics, International Economics, International economic & trade law, International trade and commerce, Public international law: economic and trade