Research Handbook on the WTO and Technical Barriers to Trade (Research Handbooks on the WTO series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783470348 ISBN 13: 9781783470341

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

A relatively new frontier for legal and policy analysis, technical barriers to trade (TBT's) have become more common as traditional border barriers have been reduced. This comprehensive Handbook comprises original essays by eminent trade scholars exploring the implications of the WTO's TBT Agreement.

The TBT Agreement imposes disciplines on the manner in which WTO member countries adopt and maintain technical measures, recognizing the importance of such measures to advance legitimate domestic policy goals such as health, safety and environmental objectives, but also the potential for technical measures to constitute barriers to trade. The contributors to this volume provide an in-depth examination of the text of the Agreement and how the WTO's dispute settlement system, the TBT Committee, WTO members, and other international organizations have engaged with and been affected by it.

The book's comprehensive and accessible approach makes it a first point of reference for all trade law practitioners, policymakers and regulators. For scholars and students, the Handbook will prove essential reading for a deeper understanding of trade law.

Contributors: A.E. Appleton, A. Arcuri, M. Cardwell, H. Churchman, M.M. Du, T. Epps, C. Gascoigne, L. Gruszczynski, B. Hazucha, R. Howse, A. Kudryavtsev, P.C. Mavroidis, G. Mayeda, A. Mitchell, D. Prévost, F. Smith, J.P. Trachtman, M.J. Trebilcock, T. Voon, M. Wagner, E.N. Wijkström

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About the Author

Edited by Tracey Epps, Tracey Epps Consulting, New Zealand and Michael J. Trebilcock, University Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783470348
• ISBN 13: 9781783470341
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 616
• Editor: Epps Tracey, Trebilcock Michael J.