Reclaiming Development in the World Trading System (Paperback)

Yong-Shik Lee

ISBN 10: 1107491576 / ISBN 13: 9781107491571

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018

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Paperback. Providing extensive coverage of international trade law from an economic development perspective, this second edition of Reclaiming Development in the World Trading System offers discussion of key principles of international trade law, trade measures, trade and development issues, and regulatory reform. Including such topics as the most-favored-nation principle, national treatment, and tariff binding, Lee also offers insightful analysis into new areas pertaining to agriculture and textile, trade-related investment, intellectual property rights, and trade in services. Looking at trade and development issues in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, as well as microtrade, an innovative international trade system designed to relieve the absolute poverty of least-developed countries, this book is essential reading that gives context to development interests and advances specific regulatory and institutional reform proposals. Lee lends insight into these topics with case analysis exemplifying how our trading systems have been adopted by the developing world in order to foster their own economic development. Providing extensive coverage of international trade law from an economic development perspective, this second edition of Reclaiming Development in the World Trading System lends insight into these topics with case analysis exemplifying how our trading systems have been adopted by the developing world in order to foster their own economic development. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reclaiming Development in the World Trading System (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107491576
• ISBN 13: 9781107491571
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Providing extensive coverage of international trade law from an economic development perspective, this second edition of Reclaiming Development in the World Trading System offers discussion of key principles of international trade law, trade measures, trade and development issues, and regulatory reform. Including such topics as the most-favored-nation principle, national treatment, and tariff binding, Lee also offers insightful analysis into new areas pertaining to agriculture and textile, trade-related investment, intellectual property rights, and trade in services. Looking at trade and development issues in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, as well as microtrade, an innovative international trade system designed to relieve the absolute poverty of least-developed countries, this book is essential reading that gives context to development interests and advances specific regulatory and institutional reform proposals. Lee lends insight into these topics with case analysis exemplifying how our trading systems have been adopted by the developing world in order to foster their own economic development.

About the Author

Yong-Shik Lee is a scholar in international trade law and economic development. He is currently Director of the Law and Development Institute and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Emory University School of Law. He graduated in economics with academic distinction from the University of California, Berkeley and received law degrees from the University of Cambridge (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.). He has over seventy academic publications in the areas of international economic law, law and development, and comparative law. He has taught international economic law at leading universities in the US, UK, Australia, and South Korea.