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The book explores the impact of recent WTO accession experiences on the development of the multilateral trading system.
List of contents
1. Making trade multilateralism work for all: the role of WTO accessions Alexei Kireyev and Chiedu Osakwe; Part I. WTO Accessions And The New Trade Multilateralism: 2. The WTO and the changing state of the global economy Alexei Kireyev; 3. The art and science of negotiation: de-politicizing and technicizing negotiations Micheline Calmy-Rey and Svenja Rauch; 4. The accession of Kazakhstan: dealing with complexity Alexei Kireyev, Chiedu Osakwe and Anna Varyanik; 5. Helping businesses navigate WTO accession Arancha González; 6. WTO rules, accession protocols and mega-regionals - complementarity and governance in the rules-based global economy Maša Leki¿ and Chiedu Osakwe; 7. Promoting good governance: from encouraging a principle to taking concrete action - examples from WTO accession protocols and the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Juneyoung Lee, Nora Neufeld and Anna Varyanik; 8. Transforming accessions data into knowledge Hubert Escaith, Chiedu Osakwe, Vicky Chemutai and Ying Yan; Part II. Negotiators' Perspectives On The WTO Accession Process: 9. Accession of Liberia: an agenda for transformation Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Axel Addy; 10. Afghanistan's accession: challenged by conflict Humayoon Rasaw; 11. The WTO accession of Seychelles: lessons from a small island economy Pierre Laporte, Charles Morin and Cillia Mangroo; 12. WTO accession negotiations from a negotiator's perspective Atsuyuki Oike; Part III. Accessions Acquis: Thematic Perspectives and Implementation Challenges: 13. How post-TRIPS negotiations reframe the 'trade-related aspects' of intellectual property after TRIPS: the lessons of WTO accessions Antony Taubman; 14. Competition policy in WTO accessions: filling in the blanks in the international trading system Robert D. Anderson, Anna Caroline Müller and Nivedita Sen; 15. Geographical indications in the accessions landscape Tatiana Yanguas Acosta; 16. WTO accession commitments on agriculture: lessons for WTO rule-making Diwakar Dixit; 17. The WTO-plus obligations: dual class or a strengthened system? Nannan Gao and Fangying Zheng; 18. Accession protocols and the private sector Josefita Pardo de León and Mariam Soumaré; 19. Post-accession support platform Maika Oshikawa; 20. Conclusion - trade multilateralism: enhancing flexibility, preserving the momentum Alexei Kireyev and Chiedu Osakwe.
About the author
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was created in 1947 and operated almost five decades on a provisional basis until 1995 when the WTO was established. Its goal is to improve the welfare of peoples of its member countries, specifically by lowering trade barriers and providing a platform for the negotiation of trade. The organization deals with the rules of trade between nations at a global or near global level; it is responsible for negotiating and implementing new trade agreements and charged with policing Member Countries' adherence to all WTO agreements. In 2007 there were 150 Member States.
Summary
International trade and economic policy-makers, practitioners and scholars in related fields, and businesses will find useful information and guidance in this book relative to the challenges facing the multilateral trading system and how the experiences of recent accessions to the WTO may help to address these challenges.
