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Informationen zum Autor Meredith Kolsky Lewis is a Senior Lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law (NZCIEL). She has previously worked as a senior associate practising litigation and international trade with Shearman and Sterling LLP in Washington, DC, and Tokyo. Susy Frankel is a Professor of Law at the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law (NZCIEL). In addition to her academic position, Susy is Chair of the Copyright Tribunal (NZ) and an Independent Hearings Officer for the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand. Klappentext In this book, a diverse group of experts explore the tension between international economic rules and national autonomy. '[This] book is a welcome addition to the literature on a very hotly disputed current topic of international economic law. Its unique benefit is the collection of studies from different areas of international economic law.' Wolfgang Weiss, European Yearbook of International Economic Law '... this collection covers a broad range of issues that demonstrate in detail that it has become impossible to distinguish between drily, technically 'economic' international regulation on the one hand, and politically sensitive domestic issues on the other.' World Trade Review Zusammenfassung In this book! a diverse collection of experts explore the tension between the expectation that nations will obey international economic rules! such as those promulgated by the WTO! IMF and World Bank and in international investment treaties! and the pressures those countries experience to satisfy competing domestic political interests. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. International Economic Law: Conceptions of Convergence and Divergence: 1. The end of the globalization debate - continued Robert Howse; 2. Global economic institutions and the autonomy of development policy: a pluralist approach Yuka Fukunaga; 3. Fragmentation, openness, and hegemony: adjudication and the WTO Jason Beckett; Part II. WTO Treaty Interpretation: Implications and Consequences: 4. Demanding perfection: private food standards and the SPS Agreement Tracey Epps; 5. Eroding national autonomy from the TRIPS Agreement Susy Frankel; 6. The WTO and RTAs: a 'bottom-up' interpretation of RTAs' autonomy over WTO law Alberta Fabbricotti; 7. 'Gambling' with sovereignty: complying with international obligations or upholding national autonomy Henning Grosse Ruse-Kahn; Part III. Responding to International Economic Law Commitments: 8. Safety standards and indigenous products: what role for traditional knowledge? Meredith Kolsky Lewis; 9. The GATS and temporary migration policy Rafael Leal-Arcas; 10. A different approach to the external trade requirement of GATT Article XXIV: assessing 'other regulations of commerce' in the context of EC enlargement and its heightened regulatory standards Pinar Artiran; Part IV. Transformations in International Economic Law: 11. Foreign investors vs. sovereign states: towards a global framework, BIT by BIT Ko-Yung Tung; 12. What about the people? How GATS Mode 4 transforms national regulation of temporary migration for remittances in poor countries Jane Kelsey; 13. Reconceptualising international investment law: bringing the public interest into private business Kate Miles....
