The World Trade Organization : law, practice, and policy / Mitsuo Matsushita, Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Petros C. Mavroidis, Michael Hahn. - Third edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015. - xci, 849 p. ; 26 cm. - The Oxford international law library .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch.1. The World Trade Organization --
Ch. 2. WTO law and domestic law --
Ch. 3. Sources of law and principles of interpretation --
Ch. 4. Dispute settlement --
Ch. 5. Enforcement of WTO obligations: remedies and compliance --
Ch. 6. Most-favoured-nation treatment --
Ch. 7. National treatment --
Ch. 8. Tariffs, quotas, and other barriers to market access for goods --
Ch. 9. Agriculture trade --
Ch. 10. Subsidies and countervailing duties --
Ch. 11. Antidumping --
Ch. 12. Safeguards --
Ch. 13. Technical regulations, standards, and health measures -- Ch. 14. Preferential trade agreements --
Ch. 15. Export measures and controls --
Ch. 16. Trade in services --
Ch. 17. Intellectual property --
Ch. 18. Government procurement --
Ch. 19. Developing countries --
Ch. 20. Environmental protection and trade --
Ch. 21. Trade and investment --
Ch. 22. Competition policy and trade.

The WTO is one of the most important intergovernmental organizations in the world, yet the way in which it functions as an organization and the scope of its authority and power are still poorly understood. This comprehensively revised new edition of the acclaimed work by an outstanding team of WTO law specialists provides a complete overview of the law and practice of the WTO.

The authors begin with the institutional law of the WTO (such as the sources of law and remedies of the dispute settlement system), then tackle the principal substantive obligations of the WTO regime (including tariffs, quotas, and MFN). They then move on to consider unfair trade, regional trading arrangements, and developing countries. In its final section the book deals with the consequences of globalization: first, where free trade is seen to be incompatible with environmental protection and, second, where WTO law confronts legal regimes governing issues of competition and intellectual property.

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World Trade Organization
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)


Tariff--Law and legislation
Foreign trade regulation
International trade

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