Wto Trade Remedies in International Law: Their Role and Place in a Fragmented International Legal System

ISBN-13: 9780367588113 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 162 str.

Roberto Soprano

Opis

World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade remedies (antidumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard agreements) are instruments used by WTO members to counter the economic injury caused by dumping, subsidies and the sudden and unforeseen increased imports. They are exceptions to the WTO principle of free trade and to the prohibition for States to react unila

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Table of Contents

　

Foreword

　

Table of Cases

　

Introduction

　 　　

1. Unilateral Reactions within the Multilateral WTO Context: the Case of WTO Trade Remedies

　

1.1. Introduction

　

1.2. Limiting Unilateralism in International Relations: from Coexistence through

Cooperation towards a Global Community

　

1.3. The Evolving Idea of Cooperation in the International Economic Context

　

1.4. The WTO and the Financial Crisis

　

1.5. Ubi Societas Ibi Ius: the Role of International Economic Law in the

International Society

　

1.6. Dispute Settlement Systems and Unilateral Reactions

　

　

2. The Relationship between Public International Law and WTO Law

　

2.1. WTO Law and Public International Law

　

2.2. The Applicability of Public International Law in the WTO Context

　

2.3. The Risk of Fragmentation of Public International Law

　

2.4. The Reciprocal Influence of WTO Law and Public International Law

　

2.5. The Concept of Self-Help in Public International Law

　

2.6. The Place and Role of WTO Trade Remedies: Particular Forms of Self-Help

or Sui Generis Measures?

　

2.7. Self-Help Measures and WTO Trade Remedies

　

2.8. A Delegation of Powers by the WTO Legal System to the Member States

　

2.9. Judicial Control over the Correct Use of Trade Remedies

　

　

　

3. Trade Remedies in WTO and Public International Law

　

3.1. Political and Economic Rationale of Trade Remedies

　

3.2. A Brief History of Trade Remedies Negotiations

　

3.2.1 Antidumping Measures

　

3.2.2. Safeguard Measures

　

3.2.3. Countervailing Measures

　

3.3. The Structure of Trade Remedies

　

3.3.1. The Act

　

3.3.1.1. Subsidies

　

3.3.1.2. Increased Imports

　

3.3.1.3. Dumping

　

3.3.2. Injury and the Injured State

　

3.3.3. Causality

　

3.4. Trade Remedies Principles

　

3.4.1. Non-Mandatory

　

3.4.2. Specificity

　

3.4.3. Reversibility and Temporary Limits

　

3.4.4. Consultation before Adoption

　

3.4.5. Non-Reparation

　

3.4.6. Pre-emptive Use of Trade Remedies

　

3.4.7. Proportionality

　

3.4.7.1. Proportionality in the WTO Context

　

　

Final Remarks

　

　

Bibliography

　 　　

Index

　

　

O autorze

Roberto Soprano is Visiting Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Brussels Diplomatic Academy in Belgium.