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Zusatztext With its enlightening case-studies and its fruitful and well-tempered policy recommendations for the future development of the transatlantic partnership, Petersmann and Pollack's book is a must for anyone puzzling over the pressing questions connected to today's economic, political and legal developments. Informationen zum Autor Mark A. Pollack is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he teaches classes in international relations and comparative European politics. He received his B.A. in political science from Rutgers University in 1988, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1995, and he served for two years as Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann is Professor of International and European Law at the European University Institute, Florence. Klappentext Recent transatlantic relations have been plagued by a seemingly endless series of disputes over trade and other economic and political interests. Some of these disputes have been amongst the most prominent of the WTO era: the Bananas Case, the Beef Hormones Case and over the application of the Helms-Burton Act. This book analyzes the source of transatlantic disputes, the means employed to prevent and settle such disputes both bilaterally and through the dispute settlement mechanism of the of the WTO, and to identify promising areas for reform. Zusammenfassung Recent transatlantic relations have been plagued by a seemingly endlessseries of disputes over trade and other economic and political interests.Some of these disputes have been amongst the most prominent of the WTO era:the Bananas Case, the Beef Hormones Case and over the application of theHelms-Burton Act. This book analyzes the source of transatlantic disputes, the meansemployed to prevent and settle such disputes both bilaterally and throughthe dispute settlement mechanism of the of the WTO, and to identifypromising areas for reform.This book begins with a survey of transatlantic governance and disputesettlement problems. Part II analyzes 14 case-studies of transatlanticeconomic and regulatory disputes written by leading EU and US experts. Theanalytical papers in Part III examine the disputes in the broader context oflegal, economic and political theories of dispute prevention and disputesettlement. Part IV offers policy recommendations from EU and USpolicy-makers and academics. Most of the more than 20 contributors concludethat joint EU-US leadership in multilateral institutions (e.g. for tradeliberalization, dispute prevention and dispute settlement in the WTO) offersadvantages over bilateral approaches. By contrast, a potentialtransatlantic free-trade association (TAFTA) remains a second-best approachwhich might not prevent many of the transatlantic disputes over internaltrade-related domestic policies. Transatlantic initiatives e.g. forregulatory cooperation and citizen-oriented institutional reforms can,however, serve as precedents for multilateral reforms (e.g. of WTO rules). Inhaltsverzeichnis I Prevention and Settlement of Transatlantic Economic disputes: Introductory Chapters 2: Mark A. Pollack: The Political Economy of Transatlantic Trade Disputes II Case Studies on Transatlantic Economic Disputes 4: D. Palmeter: Safegueard, Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Disputes in the Transatlantic Partnership: How to Control 'Contingency Protection' More Effectively 5: Robert E.Hudec: Industrial Subsidies: Tax Treatment of 'Foreign Sales Corporations' 6: T. Josling and S. Tangermann: Production and Export Subsidies in Agriculture: Lessons from GATT and WTO Disputes Involving the US and the EC 7: P.C. Mavroidis: The Trade Disputes Concerning Health Policy Between the EC and the US 8: Kenneth W.Abbott: US-EU Disputes Over Technical Barriers to Trade and the 'Hu...
