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Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume attempt to explore and elucidate some of the legal and constitutional complexities of the relationship between the EU and the WTO, focusing particularly on the impact of the latter and its relevance for the former. The effect of WTO norms is evident across a broad range of European economic and social policy fields, affecting regulatory and distributive policies alike. A number of significant areas have been selected in this book to exemplify the scope and intensity of impact, including EC single market law, external trade, structural and cohesion funding, cultural policy, social policy, and aspects of public health and environmental policy. Certain chapters seek to examine the legal and political points of intersection between the two legal orders, and many of the essays explore in different ways the normative dimension of the relationship between the EU and the WTO and the legitimacy claims of the latter.
Trade Review…the various chapters provide a useful and well-informed account of the evolution of EU-WTO relations, even for those who find constitutionalisation a distant horizon. -- Joanna Gomula, University of London * Europarttslig Tidskrift *
All in all, this is a very important book on a very important issue for international lawyers; for academics with a special interest in international economic law (or, more modestly, in WTO law) it is essential reading. -- Peter Hilpold, University of Innsbruck * European Journal of International Law *
Table of Contents1. The Impact of the WTO on EU Decision-making Gráinne de Búrca and Joanne Scott 2. The EU and the WTO: Constitutionalism in a New Key Neil Walker 3. The WTO and the EU: Some Constitutional Comparisons Peter Holmes 4. European and International Constitutional Law: Time for Promoting ‘Cosmopolitan Democracy’ in the WTO Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann 5. Fundamental Right or Political Whim? WTO Law and the European Court of Justice Steve Peers 6. Collision, Co-existence or Co-operation? Prospects for the Relationship between WTO Law and European Union Law Armin von Bogdandy and Tilman Makatsch 7. Neutrality or Discrimination? The WTO, the EU and External Trade Marise Cremona 8. The WTO and EU Distributive Policy: the Case of Regional Promotion and Assistance Thomas Cottier and Christophe Germann 9. Constitutional Concepts for Free Trade in Services Piet Eeckhout 10. Trade in Culture: International Legal Regimes and EU Constitutional Values Bruno de Witte 11. Is there any Such Thing as Free or Fair Trade? A Constitutional Analysis of the Impact of International Trade on the European Social Model Miguel Poiares Maduro 12. The WTO Impact on Internal Regulations: A Case Study of the Canada–EC Asbestos Dispute Rob Howse and Elisabeth Tuerk
