The World Trading System: Challenges Ahead

by Schott, Jeffrey J.; Institute for International Economics (U. S.)

• ISBN13: 9780881322354
• ISBN10: 0881322350
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Peterson Inst for Intl Economics

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(4)
Acknowledgments	xiii
I Introduction	3	(24)
1 Challenges Facing the World Trade Organization	3	(24)
Jeffrey J. Schott
II Revisiting Residual Protection and Rules on Regionalism	27	(42)
2 Surveying the Costs of Protection: A Partial Equilibrium Approach	27	(14)
Gary Clyde Hufbauer
3 Regionalism and the WTO: Should the Rules Be Changed?	41	(16)
Robert Z. Lawrence
Comments	57	(12)
Noboru Hatakeyama	57	(5)
Mari Pangestu	62	(7)
III Environment and Social Issues	69	(46)
4 Greening World Trade	69	(18)
Daniel C. Esty
5 International Labor Standards and World Trade: Friends or Foes?	87	(28)
Richard B. Freeman
IV Political Support for Trade Liberalization	115	(38)
6 American Trade Politics in the Wake of the Uruguay Round	115	(10)
I. M. Destler
7 The Dog That Failed to Bark: The Climate for Trade Policy in the European Union	125	(16)
Martin H. Wolf
8 Political Economy of Trade Liberalization in East Asia	141	(12)
Soogil Young
V WTO Institutional Issues	153	(32)
9 The WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures: A Preliminary Appraisal	153	(14)
John H. Jackson
10 Accession to the WTO: Key Strategic Issues	167	(18)
Murray G. Smith
VI Unfinished Business and New Challenges	185	(80)
11 Advancing Services Negotiations	185	(20)
Richard H. Snape
Malcolm Bosworth
12 Direct Investment and the Future Agenda of the World Trade Organization	205	(14)
Edward M. Graham
13 Competition Policy and Antidumping Reform: An Exercise in Transition	219	(46)
Patrick A. Messerlin
Comments	247	(18)
Geza Feketekuty	247	(7)
Taeho Bark	254	(4)
R. Michael Gadbaw	258	(7)
VII Globalizing Free Trade	265	(16)
14 Globalizing Free Trade	265	(16)
C. Fred Bergsten
VIII Conclusions	281	(32)
15 Setting the Course	281	(32)
Jeffrey J. Schott
Appendix	313
The Road to Singapore	313	(8)
Yeo Cheow Tong
WTO Report Card	321	(6)
Rubens Ricupero
Lessons for Singapore from Punta del Este	327
Mats Hellstrom