The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law (2e)

by Bethlehem, Daniel; McRae, Donald; Neufeld, Rodney; Van Damme, Isabelle

• ISBN13: 9780192868381
• ISBN10: 0192868381
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-03-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Daniel Bethlehem, Barrister, Twenty Essex,Donald McRae, Emeritus Professor, University of Ottawa,Rodney Neufeld, Senior Counsel, Global Affairs Canada,Isabelle Van Damme, Partner, Van Bael & Bellis

Sir Daniel Bethlehem QC is a barrister practising in the field of public international law from Chambers in London. From May 2006 to May 2011, he was the principal Legal Adviser of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Prior to this, in parallel with his Bar practice, he was the Director of the
Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Before moving to Cambridge, Daniel lectured in international law at the London School of Economics. Amongst other specialist subjects, Daniel taught a long-standing graduate course on the WTO and international trade law.

Donald McRae has held faculty positions at University of Otago, University of Western Ontario, University of British Columbia and University of Ottawa, teaching Law of Contracts, International Law, International Organizations, Law of the Sea, International Trade Law. He was appointed a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada in 2002, a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2014, ana an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2017. Donald is also an ad hoc judge in the ICJ, counsel in various law of the sea, trade and investment arbitrations.


Rodney Neufeld is counsel in the Trade Law Bureau of the Government of Canada, where he defends Canada in trade and investment disputes and represents Canada at the WTO and in trade and investment negotiations, including TPP, NAFTA and Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform in UNCITRAL. He has
taught international law, international economic law, and international institutions at the Universities of Ottawa and Carleton.

Isabelle Van Damme is a Partner at Van Bael & Bellis, with a practice covering WTO law, EU law and public international law. Isabelle also serves as the Executive Vice-President of the Society of International Economic Law and teaches EU trade law and policy at the College of Europe in Bruges. She
previously worked as a référendaire in the chambers of Advocate General Sharpston at the Court of Justice of the European Union and taught at the University of Cambridge. Isabelle regularly advises governments and industry and represents States and individuals before international and regional
courts and tribunals, including WTO panels, the Appellate Body and the Court of Justice of the European Union. Notable assignments relate to the essential security exception, climate change mitigation, EU and UN sanctions, Brexit, State aid, the territorial scope of application of treaties and
investment. Isabelle also assist clients with all aspects of FTA negotiations, implementation and dispute settlement.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, The Editors
Part I: The Regulation of International Trade
2. The Development of the Regulation of International Trade: the Past and the Future, Donald McRae
3. The Regulation of International Trade: An Economic Perspective, Kamal Saggi and Simon Schropp
4. The Sources of International Law, Matthew Kennedy
5. International Trade Law Institutions, James Flett and Mislav Mataija
6. The Influence of International Trade Law on International Law, James Crawford and Freya Baetens
7. The Regulation of International Trade and (Democratic) Legitimacy, Manfred Elsig
Part II: Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements
8. North American Trade: NAFTA and US-caused Global Trade Tensions, Robert Brookfield and Lori Di Pierdomenico
9. Pacific Trade, Yuka Fukunaga and Pasha L. Hsieh
10. Trans-Atlantic Trade; the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States, Sylvie Tabet and Colin M. Brown
11. European Trade, Holger P. Hestermeyer
12. International Trade Policy in Latin America (Pacific Alliance - MERCOSUR), Jorge Luis Changanaquí Miranda and John Ramiro Cusipuma Frisancho
13. China, Trade, and Investment Liberalization, Henry Gao
14. Eurasian Economic Union, Trade, and Investment Liberalization, Marina Trunk-Fedorova
15. Africa, Trade, and Investment Liberalization, Kholofelo Kugler and Mulualem Getachew Adgeh
Part III: Substantive Law
16. An Introduction to Core Principles of International Trade Law, Katherine Connolly and Nicolas Lockhart
17. Trade in Goods, Ricardo Ramírez-Hernández
18. Trade in Services, Chantal Ononaiwu
19. Promotion and Protection of Intellectual Property, Irene Calboli
20. Trade in Agriculture, Fiona Smith
21. Trade Remedies in International Trade, Hugo Perezcano Díaz
Part IV: Balancing Trade and Non-Trade Objectives
22. Development, Aid, and Preferential Systems, Jan Yves Remy and Alicia Nicholls
23. Progressive Trade: Labour and Gender, Marcus Gustafsson and Amrita Bahri
24. Balancing Market and Non-Market Objectives: Access to Medicines, Jayashree Watal
25. Environment, Damilola S. Olawuyi
26. Food Safety: Balancing SPS Scientific Principles and Article XX(b) Sovereignty, Marsha A. Echols
27. National Security, Isabelle Van Damme
28. Privacy and Data Protection, Mira Burri
Part V: International Trade Law Development Beyond the WTO
29. Digital Trade, Shin-Yi Peng
30. State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs): a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement Experience in Developing New Disciplines in the New World Order, Juliana Nam
31. Fisheries, Margaret A. Young
32. Investment Law's Monstrous Reform, Rodney Neufeld
33. Financial Services Law, Rosa Lastra and Marco Bodellini
Part VI: The Settlement of Trade Disputes in the WTO and Bilateral/Regional Trade Agreements
34. Institutions, David Unterhalter and Erika Schneidereit
35. Interpretation, Peter Van den Bossche and Parika Ganeriwal
36. Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in the WTO and Free Trade Agreements, Lorand Bartels
37. Remedies and Compliance, Geraldo Vidigal
38. Procedural and Evidentiary Issues, Andreas Sennekamp and Federico Ortino
39. Stakeholders in International Trade Law Dispute Settlement, Katherine Connolly and Todd Friedbacher
40. Alternative Dispute Settlement in the GATT and WTO, Amy Porges
Part VII: Conclusion
41. Concluding Chapter, Daniel Bethlehem