The Law, Economics and Politics of Retaliation in WTO Dispute Settlement

ISBN-13: 9780521119979 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 677 str.

Chad P Bown

Opis

A critical assessment of trade retaliation in the WTO by academics, diplomats and practitioners involved in such actions.

Spis treści

Introduction: trade retaliation in WTO dispute settlement: a multi-disciplinary analysis Chad P. Bown and Joost Pauwelyn; Part I. Background and Goal(s) of WTO Retaliation: 1. The nature of WTO arbitrations on retaliation Giorgio Sacerdoti; 2. The calculation and design of trade retaliation in context: what is the goal of suspending WTO obligations? Joost Pauwelyn; Comment John Jackson; Comment Alan Sykes; 3. Extrapolating purpose from practice: rebalancing or inducing compliance Gregory Shaffer and Daniel Ganin; Part II. A Legal Assessment after Ten Arbitration Disputes: 4. The law of permissible WTO retaliation Thomas Sebastian; Comment Nicolas Lockhart; 5. From bananas to Byrd: damage calculation coming of age? Yves Renouf; Part III. An Economic Assessment after Ten Arbitration Disputes: 6. The economics of permissible WTO retaliation Chad P. Bown and Michele Ruta; Comment Alan Winters; 7. Sticking to the rules: quantifying the market access protected by WTO retaliation Simon Evenett; Part IV. The Domestic Politics and Procedures for Implementing Trade Retaliation: 8. The United States' experience and practice in suspending WTO obligations Scott Andersen and Justine Blanchet; 9. The European Community's experience and practice in suspending WTO obligations Lothar Ehring; 10. The politics of selecting trade retaliation in the EC: a view from the floor Hakan Nordström; 11. Canada's experience and practice in suspending WTO obligations Vasken Khabayan; 12. Is retaliation useful? Observations and analysis of Mexico's experience Jorge Huerta Goldman; 13. Procedures for the design and implementation of trade retaliation in Brazil Luiz Salles; 14. Retaliation in the WTO: the experience of Antigua and Barbuda in US - gambling Mark Mendel; Part V. Problems and Options for Reform: 15. Evaluating the criticism that WTO retaliation rules undermine the utility of WTO dispute settlement for developing countries Hunter Nottage; 16. Optimal sanctions in the WTO: the case for decoupling (and the uneasy case for the status quo) Alan Sykes; Comment: money talks the talk (but does it walk the walk?) Petros Mavroidis; 17. Sanctions in the WTO: problems and solutions William Davey; 18. The case for multilateral regulation of the domestic decision-making process Reto Malacrida; 19. The WTO secretariat and the role of economics in panels and arbitrations Chad P. Bown; Comment: some reflections on the use of economic analysis in WTO dispute settlement proceedings Reto Malacrida; 20. The equivalence standard under Article 22.4 DSU: a 'tariffic' misunderstanding? Simon Schropp; Comment: a general equilibrium interpretation of some WTO dispute settlement cases - 4 EU-US trade conflicts Fritz Breuss; Part VI. New Frontiers and Lessons from Other Fields: 21. Cross-retaliation and suspension under the GATS and TRIPS agreements Werner Zdouc; 22. Cross-retaliation in TRIPS: issues of law and practice Frederick Abbott; 23. Preliminary thoughts on WTO retaliation in the services sector Arthur Appleton; 24. Compensation assessments: perspectives from investment arbitration Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler; 25. Reforming WTO retaliation: any lessons from competition law? Simon Evenett.