Genesis of the Gatt

Informationen zum Autor Douglas A. Irwin is Robert E. Maxwell Professor of Arts and Sciences in the Economics Department at Dartmouth College. He is author of Free Trade under Fire (2002) and Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade (1996). Petros C. Mavroidis is Edwin Parker Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, New York, and Professor of Law at the University of Neuchâtel. He is chief reporter of the American Law Institute for the project 'Principle of International Trade: The WTO' and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Alan O. Sykes is James and Patricia Kowal Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. A leading expert on the application of economics to legal problems, Sykes has focused his research on international economic relations. Klappentext Examines the motivations and contributions of the two main framers of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)! as well as the smaller role of other countries. Zusammenfassung This book examines the motivations and contributions of the two main framers of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)! the United States and the United Kingdom! as well as the smaller role of other countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The creation of the GATT; 2. The negotiation of the GATT; 3. The rationales for the GATT; Annex A. Documents relating to the negotiations; Annex B. Negotiating committees and subcommittees.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas A. Irwin, Douglas A. Mavroidis Irwin, Petros C. Mavroidis, Mavroidis Petros C., Alan O. Sykes, Sykes Alan O.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521142069
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14206-9
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: The American Law Institute Reporters Studies on WTO Law; American Law Institute Reporte; The American Law Institute Reporters Studies on WTO Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, International economic & trade law, Public international law: economic and trade