Wto Law and Developing Countries

Klappentext This 2007 book examines the way the WTO treats different developing countries and how that treatment varies from state to state. Zusammenfassung Developing countries make up the majority of the membership of the World Trade Organization. The treatment of developing countries within the WTO varies from case to case. This book examines the differences! as well as the varied reactions to the Uruguay and Doha Rounds. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Petros Mavroidis and George Bermann; 1. The legal status of special and differential treatment provisions under WTO agreements Edwini Kessie; 2. Trade preferences to small developing countries Nuno Limao and Marcela Olarreaga; 3. China in the WTO 2006: 'Law and its limitations in the context of TRIPS' Frederick M. Abbott; 4. Developing countries in the WTO service negotiations: doing enough? Juan A. Marchetti; Comment on Marchetti Kal Raustiala; 5. Developing countries and the protection of intellectual property rights: current issues in the WTO Jayashree Watal; 6. Participation of developing countries in the WTO - new evidence based on the 2003 official records Hakan Nordstrom; Comment on Nordstrom Jeffrey Dunoff; 7. Developing countries and GATT/WTO dispute settlement Marc Busch and Eric Reinhardt; 8. Representing developing countries in WTO dispute settlement proceedings Niall Meagher; Comment on Meagher Chad P. Bown; 9. Compensation and retaliation: a developing country's perspective Mateo Diego-Fernandez; 10. A preference for development: the law and economics of GSP Gene Grossman and Alan Sykes; Comments on Grossman and Sykes: Joel Trachtman, Jeffrey Dunoff and Jeffrey Kenner; 11. The GSP fallacy: a critique of the appellate body's ruling in the GSP case on legal, economic, and political/systemic grounds Anastasios Tomazos; 12. Is the WTO doing enough for developing countries? Patrick Low; Comment on Low Wilfred J. Ethier.

Product details

• Authors: George A. Bermann, George A. (Columbia Law School Bermann, George A. Mavroidis Bermann
• Assisted by: George A. Bermann (Editor), Bermann George A. (Editor), Petros C. Mavroidis (Editor), Mavroidis Petros C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.08.2011
• EAN: 9781107403093
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40309-3
• No. of pages: 382
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Development Studies, International economic & trade law, International trade and commerce, Public international law: economic and trade, Global South / Developing countries