The WTO and Global Governance

by Sampson, Gary P.

• ISBN13: 9789280811544
• ISBN10: 9280811541
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-30
• Publisher: United Nations Univ

Summary

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is mandated by governments to achieve full employment, a steady growth in real income, and higher standards of living for its 150-plus member countries. Its role is also to ensure the optimal use of the world's resources in accordance with sustainable development. As a result, the WTO has greatly extended its reach into non-traditional areas of trade policy. This has taken place against the reality that the WTO is only part of a more global structure of international agreements with overlapping objectives and commitments, many of which now find their place on centre-stage at the WTO.

Author Biography

Gary P. Sampson is the John Gough Professor of International Trade at Melbourne Business School, Melbourne University, and Professor of International Economic Governance at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) in Yokohama, Japan.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. xii
Abbreviations	p. xvi
Introduction and overview: Future directions	p. 1
The bigger picture	p. 39
The WTOÆs contribution to global governance	p. 37
The WTO, global governance and policy options	p. 57
Enhancing the role of the WTO in global governance	p. 78
Non-trade-related issues	p. 113
Governing at the trade-environment interface	p. 115
Promoting policy coherence in the global governance of trade and employment	p. 128
Placing human rights in the Geneva consensus	p. 149
Pharmaceutical patents and access to medicines	p. 174
The importance of development	p. 185
The WTO, global governance and development	p. 187
Globalization, trade and developing countries	p. 202
Aid for Trade and global governance: An ITC perspective	p. 217
The future of the WTO and free trade	p. 229
Dispute settlement and governance	p. 239
Some thoughts on the WTO dispute settlement procedure	p. 241
Index	p. 261
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