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Book SynopsisSince the early 1990s there has been an explosion of preferential trade agreements between North and South. Arguing that this is based on competition for investment opportunities rather than free trade, Mark Manger offers a new perspective on the roles of the state and corporations in changing patterns of international trade.Trade Review'Manger skilfully illuminates how foreign direct investment and services – two critical dimensions of globalization greatly neglected in the political economy literature to date – have driven the profusion of preferential trading arrangements. His detailed case studies persuasively demonstrate how North-South preferential arrangements raise new barriers to cross-regional trade and investment, sidelining the cause of further trade liberalization in the World Trade Organization.' Kerry A. Chase, Brandeis University'Mark Manger presents an intriguing analysis of the proliferation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) between rich and poor nations. He argues that an important source of such PTAs is the role of multinational corporations from the developed world who see the agreements as a way of getting privileged access to attractive investments in the developing nations. His argument is clear and convincing, and the examples used to illustrate it – drawn largely from the United States, Japan, and countries in Latin America – are most illuminating. Investing in Protection will be valuable to scholars and students of international trade generally, and of trade relations between developed and developing nations in particular.' Jeff Frieden, Harvard University'Mark Manger has gotten a jump-start with this compelling analysis of the numerous preferential trade agreements that have been negotiated between developed and developing countries since the setting of this benchmark by the North American Free Trade Agreement launched in 1994. Manger does not shy away from asking today's big questions: what is the impetus for these PTAs from both sides of the negotiating table? Are they trade-creating or trade-diverting? What effect are they having on trade negotiations in the multilateral arena? This book will be the key academic reference on this subject, as well as a rich resource for legislators and policymakers who seek to negotiate such agreements.' Carol Wise, University of Southern California'Investing in Protection … is an excellent piece of scholarship, as it deftly provides unique macro-level theoretical insights and supports them with illustrative micro-level case analysis. … Manger's book will be of great interest to those scholars who wish to further their understanding of the negotiating dynamics of North-South PTAs specifically, or the proliferation of these types of PTAs more generally. Given the well known findings on the impact of PTAs on reducing conflict, promoting democracy, and increasing trade, improving our understanding of the dynamics that lead to their creation becomes all the more important. With Investing in Protection, I believe Mark Manger has done just that.' Scott J. Cook, Review of International Organizations'Mark Manger has added a high-quality, original contribution to this literature and one with clear policy relevance.' John Odell, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Framework for analysis; 3. NAFTA – the original sin?; 4. Iberian ties: the EU-Mexico free trade agreement; 5. The odd couple: the Japan-Mexico free trade agreement; 6. The far side of the world: preferential trade agreements with Chile; 7. Japan's NAFTA route: preferential trade agreements with Malaysia and Thailand; 8. Conclusions and implications.

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Book SynopsisThe book discusses the regulatory framework of contingent protection in the World Trade Organization - antidumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards - as well as an economic analysis of these instruments. The book''s various chapters illuminate the basic functioning of all three.Trade Review'… an excellent source for those seeking a thorough review of current approaches in the WTO subsidies regime … invaluable for anyone new to these subjects … a very useful addition to any library focusing on trade policy issues.' World Trade ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. An overview of the agreement on subsidies and countervailing measures - including a discussion of the agreement on agriculture Jan Wouters and Dominic Coppens; 2. Do the world trade organization disciplines on domestic subsidies make sense? The case for legalizing some subsidies Rob Howse; 3. Subsidies and countervailing measures: determining the benefits of subsidies Joseph Francois; 4. The enduring problem of WTO export subsidies rules Andrew Green and Michael Trebilcock; 5. The Boeing–Airbus dispute: a case for the application of the EC state aid rules? Piet Jan Slot; 6. Antidumping: overview of the agreement Terence P. Stewart and Amy S. Dwyer; 7. Price differentiation in antitrust and trade instruments William Kovacic; 8. Non-preferential origin rules in anti-dumping law and practice Edwin Vermulst; 9. The Apellate body interpretation of 'sunset reviews' provisions of AD and CVM agreements: a critical analysis Claudio Dordi; 10. The safeguards agreement - an overview Jasper M. Wauters; 11. Why are safeguards needed in a trade agreement? Meredith Crowley.

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Book SynopsisInternational trade is a critical component of the U.S. economy, with U.S. merchandise imports and exports amounting to $2.2 trillion and $1.5 trillion in 2011, respectively. The efficient flow of legally traded goods in and out of the United States is thus a vital element of the country''s economic security. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is the primary agency charged with ensuring the smooth flow of trade through U.S. ports of entry. CBP''s policies with regard to U.S. imports are designed to: facilitate the smooth flow of imported cargo through U.S. ports of entry; enforce trade and customs laws designed to protect U.S. consumers and business and to collect customs revenue; and enforce import security laws designed to prevent weapons of mass destruction, illegal drugs, and other contraband from entering the U.S. - a complex and difficult mission. This book describes and analyses import policy and CBP''s role in the U.S. import process, with a focus on the legislative history of customs laws; "trusted trader" programs to improve enforcement of intellectual property and trade remedy laws, to strengthen cargo scanning practices, and/or to promote modernisation of customs data systems.

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Book SynopsisIn this important book, three of the leading authors in the field of international economic law discuss the law and economics of the three most frequently used contingent protection instruments: anti-dumping, countervailing measures, and safeguards. When discussing countervailing measures, the authors also discuss legal challenges against prohibited and/or actionable subsidies. The authors' choice is mandated by the fact that the effects of a subsidy cannot always be confined to the market of the WTO Member wishing to react against it. Assuming there are effects outside its market, an injured WTO Member can challenge the scheme as such before a WTO Panel. Taking the three agreements for granted as a starting point, the book provides comprehensive discussion of both the original contracts, and the case law that has substantially contributed to the understanding of these agreements.The agreements discussed by the authors provide generally worded disciplines on Members and leave a lot of discretion to the investigating authorities of such Members. A great number of the many questions that arise in the course of a domestic trade remedies investigation are not explicitly addressed in these agreements. In such a situation, the authors highlight the important role that the judge has to play. Much like domestic investigating authorities adopt a line which is either more liberal or more protectionist in the application of trade remedies, the WTO adjudicator on numerous occasions was faced with similar policy problems in applying the general rules to the facts of the case before them. The authors point out that the adjudicating bodies have insisted on the unfair character of dumping in order to substantiate their relatively deferential standard of review. In the anti-dumping / countervailing duties context, case law has generally emphasized the limited character of the obligations on investigating authorities. This implies that domestic investigating authorities, following the evolution of case law, are now facing a deferential standard of review when imposing anti-dumping and countervailing duties.The book offers a contrasting view of the Agreement on Safeguards, an instrument the use of which, according to the authors, could, in principle, be defensible: WTO Members will have extra incentives to make commitments within a flexible contract. Moreover, safeguards can, in their view, help ease the pressures from domestic lobbies by facilitating (sometimes necessary) adjustment costs. However, the case law is described by the authors as having adopted a rather inflexible stance, the end result of which is that no imposition of safeguards has survived the test of consistency with WTO law. They identify the apparent rationale for the case law as an over-insistence on what they label the highly uninformative fair/unfair trade distinction.The economic analysis employed by the authors would suggest that - in the light of the unsatisfactory nature of anti-dumping measures, contrasted with the positive incentives inherent in safeguards - ultimately one could envisage merging the three instruments of contingent protection into one new safeguards instrument. Equally, they argue, this economic approach, combined with legal doctrine, offers great insight into the current provisions, allowing them to be interpreted in a more coherent and meaningful manner.Trade Review'All three parts [of the book] are without question extremely detailed and thorough treatises of the three different instruments of contingent protection. The case "law" of the DSB as well as policy proposals put forward in the Doha Round are referred to and analysed extensively. Every part of the book is an excellent and very thoughtful work on the respective instrument and will be helpful for everyone working in the field.' -- Christoph Herrmann, Common Market Law Review'Although the legal landscape is littered with literature about the WTO, antidumping, safeguards, subsidies and countervailing measures, the missing piece has been a comprehensive text tying together the law and economics of these topics. Mavroidis, Messerlin and Wauters fill this gap. The authors form an unparalleled triumvirate who successfully draw on their complementary legal-economic experiences from policymaking, practitioner expertise and academic scholarship to comprehensively examine contingent protection. In a single book, they manage to explain the economics to the lawyers, the law to the economists, and the increasing importance of contingent protection policies to everyone.' -- Chad P. Bown, The World Bank, US'The new book by Petros Mavroidis, Patrick Messerlin and Jasper Wauters, The Law and Economics of Contingent Protection in the WTO, fills a gap in the international trade literature by providing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary (law and economics) treatment of three of the most arcane and least well-understood trade protection regimes permitted under the GATT/WTO, i.e., anti-dumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards. The authors expertly weave together both a comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the complex legal rules and case law with an economic critique of the law governing each of these three regimes. The book is a tour de force and will become the standard reference work for scholars, policy makers, and practitioners specializing in these areas.' -- Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto, Canada'Trade barriers that are contingent on the existence of specific conditions - dumping by, or subsidization of, exporters, and injury of domestic firms - have historically been used intensively by many OECD countries and are now increasingly applied by developing countries. This volume provides an excellent discussion and accessible analysis of WTO rules on contingent protection and the rapidly expanding case law. The authors have done a major service to both legal practitioners and trade policy analysts with an interest in this area.' -- Bernard Hoekman, The World Bank, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I: ANTI-DUMPING 1. General introduction 2. Dumping 3. Injury and Causality Analysis 4. Procedural Obligations – The Tasks of the Domestic Investigating Authority 5. Conclusions PART II: SUBSIDIES 6. General Introduction to the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures: ‘Thou Shall Not Subsidize’ 7. Conditions for Imposition of Countervailing Measures 8. Procedural Requirements Relevant to the Countervailing Duty Investigation 9. Counteracting Subsidies – A Two-track Approach 10. Thou Shall Not be Punished in Any Other Way 11. Special and Differential Treatment 12. Standard of Review 13. Concluding Remarks PART III: SAFEGUARDS 14. The Rationale for Safeguards 15. The Regulation of Safeguards in the WTO 16. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisSpecial and differential treatment (SDT) for developing countries has always been a central, but controversial, element of the GATT/WTO multilateral trading system. A large literature on the subject of SDT has emerged in the last 50 years by both proponents and opponents. The contributions to this volume focus on the rationale, institutional features and economic effectiveness of SDT. The editors have carefully selected a number of key articles with a special emphasis on evaluations of the impact of SDT, especially preferential market access. The book also includes more recent contributions which discuss whether there is a continued need for such special treatment and how it might be designed both from a development objective and from the perspective of the trading system generally. This volume is an essential source of reference for those who follow economic and legal debates on the future of the multilateral trade regime and the role of the developing countries in it.The editors have written an authoritative new introduction which illuminates their choice and highlights the contribution of each article.Trade Review'The 29 papers in this large book are well selected and annotated by two authors who know the literature intimately and have made their own distinguished contributions. . . this volume is an extremely valuable resource.' -- Briefing Notes in Economics'This book is well written and does a good job of summarising the debates surrounding the causes and sustainability of the US current account deficit.' -- SUERF Newsletter'It is always convenient to have collections of articles on a particular theme gathered together in one volume, and this book is no exception. Many of the papers are classics, ranging from the history of the global trading system, and institutional developments to help developing countries, to the pure theory of trade preferences. Hoekman and ozden have done teachers and practitioners of trade and development theory and policy a great service.' -- Tony Thirlwall, Keynes College, University of Kent, UKTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Bernard Hoekman and Çağlar Özden PART I HISTORY/EARLY IDEAS AND ASSESSMENTS 1. UNCTAD (1964), ‘Industrial Exports from the Developing Countries and Preferences’ 2. Gardner Patterson (1965), ‘Would Tariff Preferences Help Economic Development?’ 3. Harry G. Johnson (1967), ‘Trade Preferences for Manufactured Goods’ 4. Mordechai E. Kreinin and J.M. Finger (1976), ‘A Critical Survey of the New International Economic Order’ PART II ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 5. Richard N. Cooper (1972), ‘The European Community’s System of Generalized Tariff Preferences: A Critique’ 6. Tracy Murray (1973), ‘How Helpful is the Generalised System of Preferences to Developing Countries?’ 7. R.E. Baldwin and T. Murray (1977), ‘MFN Tariff Reductions and Developing Country Trade Benefits under the GSP’ 8. André Sapir (1981), ‘Trade Benefits under the EEC Generalized System of Preferences’ 9. André Sapir and Lars Lundberg (1984), ‘The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences and Its Impacts’ 10. Drusilla K. Brown (1987), ‘General Equilibrium Effects of the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences’ 11. Don P. Clark and Simonetta Zarrilli (1992), ‘Non-Tariff Measures and Industrial Nation Imports of GSP-Covered Products’ 12. James Devault (1996), ‘Competitive Need Limits and the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences’ PART III ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 13. Jan Herin (1986), ‘Rules of Origin and Differences between Tariff Levels in EFTA and in the EC’ 14. Paul Brenton and Miriam Manchin (2003), ‘Making EU Trade Agreements Work: The Role of Rules of Origin’ 15. Aaditya Mattoo, Devesh Roy and Arvind Subramanian (2003), ‘The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act and its Rules of Origin: Generosity Undermined?’ 16. Christopher Stevens and Jane Kennan (2004), ‘Making Trade Preferences More Effective’ PART IV POLITICAL ECONOMY 17. Rachel McCulloch and José Piñera (1977), ‘Trade as Aid: The Political Economy of Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries’ 18. Edward John Ray (1987), ‘The Impact of Special Interests on Preferential Tariff Concessions by the United States’ 19. Marcelo Olarreaga and Çaglar Özden (2005), ‘AGOA and Apparel: Who Captures the Tariff Rent in the Presence of Preferential Market Access?’ 20. Çaglar Özden and Eric Reinhardt (2005), ‘The Perversity of Preferences: GSP and Developing Country Trade Policies, 1976–2000’ PART V PREFERENCE EROSION 21. Jaleel Ahmad (1978), ‘Tokyo Rounds of Trade Negotiations and the Generalised System of Preferences’ 22. Fumiko Yamazaki (1996), ‘Potential Erosion of Trade Preferences in Agricultural Products’ 23. Katerina Alexandraki and Hans Peter Lankes (2004), ‘The Impact of Preference Erosion on Middle-Income Countries’ PART VI INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, GATT/WTO DEVELOPMENTS AND PROPOSALS FOR REFORM 24. Martin Wolf (1984), ‘Two-Edged Sword: Demands of Developing Countries and the Trading System’ 25. Brian Hindley (1987), ‘Different and More Favorable Treatment – and Graduation’ 26. John Whalley (1999), ‘Special and Differential Treatment in the Millennium Round’ 27. Susan Prowse (2002), ‘The Role of International and National Agencies in Trade-related Capacity Building’ 28. Christopher Stevens (2003), ‘If One Size Doesn’t Fit All, What Does? Rethinking Special and Differential Treatment in the World Trade Organization’ 29. Bernard Hoekman, Constantine Michalopoulos and L. Alan Winters (2004), ‘Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries in the WTO: Moving Forward After Cancún’ ANNEX 30. GATT (1965), GATT: Trade and Development 31. GATT (1979), The Enabling Clause Name Index

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Book SynopsisDür provides a novel explanation for the rise of global free trade that stresses the role of societal interests in shaping trade politics. He argues that exporters lobby more in reaction to losses of foreign market access than in pursuit of opportunities.Trade Review"In this well-argued and provocative new book, Andreas Dür posits a new argument as to why the United States and the European Community have focused on preferential trade agreements. He believes policymakers negotiate these agreements as a means of protecting their exporters and maximizing their bargaining power. Using empirical and qualitative analysis, Dür forces us to rethink why these trade agreements have proliferated. Trade scholars will be discussing this book extensively in the years to come."—Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research Associate Professor and 2009 Policy Research Scholar, George Washington University"All those interested in the politics of EU and U.S. trade policy and negotiations will want to keep up with the work of Andreas Dür. He has new and interesting things to say about this much-studied subject."—John S. Odell, Professor and Director, School of International Relations, University of Southern California"Protection for Exporters is a must-read for anyone interested in the politics of trade policy in a highly interdependent world. This book goes beyond existing accounts of U.S. trade policy and develops an original argument backed by a comprehensive empirical evaluation. Andreas Dür shows how trade policy liberalization since 1945 has been driven by fears of discrimination in foreign markets and the need for governments to protect exporters."—Cédric Dupont, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva"Protection for Exporters is an innovative and solid contribution to the literature on interstate trade relations. By provocatively challenging the by-now axiomatic understandings of the possibility for collective action and showing the conditions under which exporters, too, would mobilize, Andreas Dür offers a refreshing new explanation for shifts in international trade policies."—Nitsan Chorev, Brown University"In Protection for Exporters, Andreas Dür argues that exporter lobbying against foreign discrimination provides an important motivation for reciprocal trade liberalization on both sides of the Atlantic. His results will be interesting not only to political scientists but also to economists who study preferential trading areas and global cooperation."—Robert Pahre, Director, European Union Center, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Book SynopsisIn this important book, three of the leading authors in the field of international economic law discuss the law and economics of the three most frequently used contingent protection instruments: anti-dumping, countervailing measures, and safeguards. When discussing countervailing measures, the authors also discuss legal challenges against prohibited and/or actionable subsidies. The authors' choice is mandated by the fact that the effects of a subsidy cannot always be confined to the market of the WTO Member wishing to react against it. Assuming there are effects outside its market, an injured WTO Member can challenge the scheme as such before a WTO Panel. Taking the three agreements for granted as a starting point, the book provides comprehensive discussion of both the original contracts, and the case law that has substantially contributed to the understanding of these agreements.The agreements discussed by the authors provide generally worded disciplines on Members and leave a lot of discretion to the investigating authorities of such Members. A great number of the many questions that arise in the course of a domestic trade remedies investigation are not explicitly addressed in these agreements. In such a situation, the authors highlight the important role that the judge has to play. Much like domestic investigating authorities adopt a line which is either more liberal or more protectionist in the application of trade remedies, the WTO adjudicator on numerous occasions was faced with similar policy problems in applying the general rules to the facts of the case before them. The authors point out that the adjudicating bodies have insisted on the unfair character of dumping in order to substantiate their relatively deferential standard of review. In the anti-dumping / countervailing duties context, case law has generally emphasized the limited character of the obligations on investigating authorities. This implies that domestic investigating authorities, following the evolution of case law, are now facing a deferential standard of review when imposing anti-dumping and countervailing duties.The book offers a contrasting view of the Agreement on Safeguards, an instrument the use of which, according to the authors, could, in principle, be defensible: WTO Members will have extra incentives to make commitments within a flexible contract. Moreover, safeguards can, in their view, help ease the pressures from domestic lobbies by facilitating (sometimes necessary) adjustment costs. However, the case law is described by the authors as having adopted a rather inflexible stance, the end result of which is that no imposition of safeguards has survived the test of consistency with WTO law. They identify the apparent rationale for the case law as an over-insistence on what they label the highly uninformative fair/unfair trade distinction.The economic analysis employed by the authors would suggest that - in the light of the unsatisfactory nature of anti-dumping measures, contrasted with the positive incentives inherent in safeguards - ultimately one could envisage merging the three instruments of contingent protection into one new safeguards instrument. Equally, they argue, this economic approach, combined with legal doctrine, offers great insight into the current provisions, allowing them to be interpreted in a more coherent and meaningful manner.Trade Review'All three parts [of the book] are without question extremely detailed and thorough treatises of the three different instruments of contingent protection. The case "law" of the DSB as well as policy proposals put forward in the Doha Round are referred to and analysed extensively. Every part of the book is an excellent and very thoughtful work on the respective instrument and will be helpful for everyone working in the field.' -- Christoph Herrmann, Common Market Law Review'Although the legal landscape is littered with literature about the WTO, antidumping, safeguards, subsidies and countervailing measures, the missing piece has been a comprehensive text tying together the law and economics of these topics. Mavroidis, Messerlin and Wauters fill this gap. The authors form an unparalleled triumvirate who successfully draw on their complementary legal-economic experiences from policymaking, practitioner expertise and academic scholarship to comprehensively examine contingent protection. In a single book, they manage to explain the economics to the lawyers, the law to the economists, and the increasing importance of contingent protection policies to everyone.' -- Chad P. Bown, The World Bank, US'The new book by Petros Mavroidis, Patrick Messerlin and Jasper Wauters, The Law and Economics of Contingent Protection in the WTO, fills a gap in the international trade literature by providing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary (law and economics) treatment of three of the most arcane and least well-understood trade protection regimes permitted under the GATT/WTO, i.e., anti-dumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards. The authors expertly weave together both a comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the complex legal rules and case law with an economic critique of the law governing each of these three regimes. The book is a tour de force and will become the standard reference work for scholars, policy makers, and practitioners specializing in these areas.' -- Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto, Canada'Trade barriers that are contingent on the existence of specific conditions - dumping by, or subsidization of, exporters, and injury of domestic firms - have historically been used intensively by many OECD countries and are now increasingly applied by developing countries. This volume provides an excellent discussion and accessible analysis of WTO rules on contingent protection and the rapidly expanding case law. The authors have done a major service to both legal practitioners and trade policy analysts with an interest in this area.' -- Bernard Hoekman, The World Bank, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I: ANTI-DUMPING 1. General introduction 2. Dumping 3. Injury and Causality Analysis 4. Procedural Obligations – The Tasks of the Domestic Investigating Authority 5. Conclusions PART II: SUBSIDIES 6. General Introduction to the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures: ‘Thou Shall Not Subsidize’ 7. Conditions for Imposition of Countervailing Measures 8. Procedural Requirements Relevant to the Countervailing Duty Investigation 9. Counteracting Subsidies – A Two-track Approach 10. Thou Shall Not be Punished in Any Other Way 11. Special and Differential Treatment 12. Standard of Review 13. Concluding Remarks PART III: SAFEGUARDS 14. The Rationale for Safeguards 15. The Regulation of Safeguards in the WTO 16. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume examines the standards of treatment, demanded from host states, that form the basis of contemporary international investment protection. Leading practitioners and academics analyse the interpretation of core standards in arbitration proceedings, and present the emerging judicial consensus shaping their practical application.Trade Review...Indisputably relevant for an understanding of what is currently the meaning of the different standards applicable to investments and the emerging trends in case law related to such standards. * Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales *This book provides a good overview of the substantive framework of investment protection * ASA Bulletin *The papers in this volume add substantial academic value with their discussion if the burgeoning case law arbitral tribunals. The contributors of these papers provide a sophisticated and helpful discussion of the standards of investment protection. This book is worthy of attention by every international lawyer with an interest in this area. * International and Comparative Law Quarterly *This book provides a good overview of the substantive framework of investment protection. * ASA BULLETIN *This book is worthy of attention by every international lawyer with an interest in this area * John Townsend, International and Comparative Law Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Admission ; 2. National Treatment ; 3. Most-favoured Nation Treatment ; 4. Arbitrary and Unreasonable Measures ; 5. Fair and Equitable Treatment ; 6. Full Protection and Security ; 7. Indirect Expropriation ; 8. Legality of Expropriation ; 9. Transfers

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Book SynopsisAntidumping trade protection is one of the most frequent and ubiquitous trade policies in the global economy. This review discusses the key reference pieces in the antidumping literature that have critically defined and shaped what we know about this important and unique form of trade protection. The review critically analyzes the literature and discusses its future directions - it is an important research tool not only for new and established scholars in international economics, but also policymakers and legal scholars.Trade Review‘Nothing comes closer to “everything you wanted to know about antidumping” than this volume. This is a great collection of well-known, thought-provoking papers that have influenced our thinking about antidumping, and antidumping practice alike. Academics and practitioners now have a magnificent one-stop shop to be inspired from.’ -- Petros C. Mavroidis, Columbia Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Bruce A. Blonigen and Thomas J. Prusa PART I THEORIES OF DUMPING 1. James Brander and Paul Krugman (1983), ‘A “Reciprocal Dumping” Model of International Trade’, Journal of International Economics, 15 (3–4), November, 313–21 2. Wilfred J. Ethier (1982), ’Dumping’, Journal of Political Economy, 90 (3), June, 487–506 3. Robert W. Staiger and Frank A. Wolak (1992), ‘The Effect of Domestic Antidumping Law in the Presence of Foreign Monopoly’, Journal of International Economics, 32 (3–4), May, 265–87 4. Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger (1990), ‘A Theory of Managed Trade’, American Economic Review, 80 (4), September, 779–95 5. Richard H. Clarida (1993), ‘Entry, Dumping, and Shakeout’, American Economic Review, 83 (1), March, 180–202 6. James E. Anderson (1992), ‘Domino Dumping, I: Competitive Exporters’, American Economic Review, 82 (1), March, 65–83 PART II ANTIDUMPING TRADE EFFECTS 7. Thomas J. Prusa (1997), ‘The Trade Effects of U.S. Antidumping Actions’, in Robert C. Feenstra (ed.), The Effects of U.S. Trade Protection and Promotion Policies, Chapter 7, Chicago, IL, USA and London, UK: University of Chicago Press and Cambridge, MA, USA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 191–213 8. Chad P. Bown and Meredith A. Crowley (2007), ‘Trade Deflection and Trade Depression’, Journal of International Economics, 72 (1), May, 176–201 9. Kathy Baylis and Jeffrey M. Perloff (2010), ‘Trade Diversion from Tomato Suspension Agreements’, Canadian Journal of Economics, 43 (1), February, 127–51 10. Tibor Besedeš and Thomas J. Prusa (2017), ‘The Hazardous Effects of Antidumping’, Economic Inquiry, 55 (1), January, 9–30 11. Robert W. Staiger and Frank A. Wolak (1994), ‘Measuring Industry-Specific Protection: Antidumping in the United States’, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Microeconomics, 51–103, references 12. Corinne M. Krupp and Patricia S. Pollard (1996), ‘Market Responses to Antidumping Laws: Some Evidence from the U.S. Chemical Industry’, Canadian Journal of Economics, XXIX (1), February, 199–227 PART III POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ANTIDUMPING USE 13. J. M. Finger, H. Keith Hall and Douglas R. Nelson (1982), ‘The Political Economy of Administered Protection’, American Economic Review, 72 (3), June, 452–66 14. Chad P. Bown and Meredith A. Crowley (2013), ‘Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements: Evidence from Time-Varying Trade Policy’, American Economic Review, 103 (2), April, 1071–90 15. Bruce A. Blonigen and Chad P. Bown (2003), ‘Antidumping and Retaliation Threats’, Journal of International Economics, 60 (2), August, 249–73 16. Alberto Martin and Wouter Vergote (2008), ‘On the Role of Retaliation in Trade Agreements’, Journal of International Economics, 76 (1), September, 61–77 17. Michael O. Moore and Maurizio Zanardi (2009), ‘Does Antidumping Use Contribute to Trade Liberalization in Developing Countries?’, Canadian Journal of Economics, 42 (2), May, 469–95 PART IV ANTIDUMPING AND MACROECONOMIC INFLUENCES 18. Michael M. Knetter and Thomas J. Prusa (2003), ‘Macroeconomic Factors and Antidumping Filings: Evidence from Four Countries’, Journal of International Economics, 61 (1), October, 1–17 19. Bruce A. Blonigen and Stephen E. Haynes (2002), ‘Antidumping Investigations and the Pass-Through of Antidumping Duties and Exchange Rates’, American Economic Review, 92 (4), September, 1044–61 20. Chad P. Bown and Meredith A. Crowley (2013), ‘Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates: Evidence from the Great Recession’, Journal of International Economics, 90 (1), May, 50–64 PART V FIRM RESPONSES TO ANTIDUMPING PROTECTION 21. Bruce A. Blonigen and Jee-Hyeong Park (2004), ‘Dynamic Pricing in the Presence of Antidumping Policy: Theory and Evidence’, American Economic Review, 94 (1), March, 134–54 22. Justin R. Pierce (2011), ‘Plant-Level Responses to Antidumping Duties: Evidence from U.S. Manufacturers’, Journal of International Economics, 85 (2), November, 222–33 23. Yi Lu, Zhigang Tao and Yan Zhang (2013), ‘How Do Exporters Respond to Antidumping Investigations?’, Journal of International Economics, 91 (2), November, 290–300 24. Irene Brambilla, Guido Porto and Alessandro Tarozzi (2012), ‘Adjusting to Trade Policy: Evidence from U.S. Antidumping Duties on Vietnamese Catfish’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 94 (1), February, 304–19 25. Bruce A. Blonigen (2002), ‘Tariff-Jumping Antidumping Duties’, Journal of International Economics, 57 (1), June, 31–49 26. Jozef Konings and Hylke Vandenbussche (2008), ‘Heterogeneous Responses of Firms to Trade Protection’, Journal of International Economics, 76 (2), December, 371–83 27. Maya Cohen-Meidan (2013), ‘The Heterogeneous Effects of Trade Protection: A Study of US Antidumping Duties on Portland Cement’, Review of Industrial Organization, Special Issue: Antidumping and Industrial Organization, 42 (4), June, 369–94 PART VI RULES AND DISCRETION 28. Wendy L. Hansen and Thomas J. Prusa (1996), ‘Cumulation and ITC Decision-Making: The Sum of the Parts is Greater than the Whole’, Economic Inquiry, XXXIV (4), October, 746–69 29. Bruce A. Blonigen (2006), ‘Evolving Discretionary Practices of U.S. Antidumping Activity’, Canadian Journal of Economics, 39 (3), August, 874–900 30. Chad P. Bown and Thomas J. Prusa (2011), ‘U.S. Anti-dumping: Much Ado about Zeroing’, in Will Martin and Aaditya Mattoo (eds), Unfinished Business? The WTO’s Doha Agenda, Chapter 14, London, UK: Centre for Economic Policy Research and Washington, DC, USA: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, 355–92 31. Benjamin H. Liebman and Kara M. Reynolds (2006), ‘The Returns from Rent-Seeking: Campaign Contributions, Firm Subsidies and the Byrd Amendment’, Canadian Journal of Economics, 39 (4), November, 1345–69 PART VII THE PROLIFERATION OF ANTIDUMPING AND ITS EFFECTS 32. Thomas J. Prusa (2001), ‘On the Spread and Impact of Anti-dumping’, Canadian Journal of Economics, 34 (3), August, 591–611 33. Chad P. Bown (2011), ‘Taking Stock of Antidumping, Safeguards and Countervailing Duties, 1990–2009’, World Economy, Special Issue: Global Trade Policy 2011, 34 (12), December, 1955–98 34. Chad P. Bown and Patricia Tovar (2011), ‘Trade Liberalization, Antidumping, and Safeguards: Evidence from India’s Tariff Reform’, Journal of Development Economics, 96 (1), September, 115–25 35. Hylke Vandenbussche and Maurizio Zanardi (2010), ‘The Chilling Trade Effects of Antidumping Proliferation’, European Economic Review, 54 (6), August, 760–77 36. Peter Egger and Douglas Nelson (2011), ‘How Bad is Antidumping? Evidence from Panel Data’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 93 (4), November, 1374–90 Index

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Book SynopsisPreferential Services Liberalization offers the first, comprehensive analysis of the conditions that the World Trade Organization sets for preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the area of services. Johanna Jacobsson provides an in-depth analysis of the relevant GATS rules, puts forward a practical method to analyze services PTAs, and applies the method to services agreements concluded by the EU. The result is a detailed examination of the legal criteria for services PTAs and methods to study them, combined with a better understanding of the level of liberalization reached by the EU and its member states. This book does go beyond the EU in analyzing the implications that multi-level governance has for international services liberalization. It proposes a new approach to study services commitments of any federal state and argues that lower levels of government should receive more attention in international negotiations over services trade.Trade Review'… a welcome, much-needed addition to the academic literature relating to the regulation of trade in services … Jacobsson's book will become the standard reference and an enjoyable read for everyone interested in services preferentialism and the mechanics of Article V of the GATS.' Panagiotis Delimatsis, Journal of World Investment and TradeTable of ContentsPart I: 1. Preferential trade agreements in the WTO; 2. The GATS rules on economic integration agreements (EIAs); 3. Elimination of discrimination in EIAs; Part II: 4. Services regulation by federal states; 5. Application of GATS Article V to federal entities; 6. A review of federal entities' services commitments under the GATS and selected EIAs; Part III: 7. Empirical research on services preferentialism; 8. A new methodology for the study of EIAs; 9. Adaption to scheduling differences and economic realities; Part IV: 10. The results of the empirical study; 11. Legal analysis of the results; 12. Application of Article V GATS to the EU's EIAs; 13. Conclusion; Appendices; Index.

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Book SynopsisServices account for three quarters of GDP in many countries but less than a quarter of global trade. This insightful volume assesses recent evidence on services trade barriers, the extent to which preferential trade agreements liberalize trade in services and whether such liberalization benefits only participants or extends to non-member countries. It provides an excellent overview of the state of knowledge in this important area, as well as a number of detailed case studies of recent trade agreements that include services.'- Bernard Hoekman, European University Institute, Italy'Sky-high barriers to services trade are the foremost obstacle confronting 21st century trade ministers and create a major impediment to global growth. Ministers have made commendable progress in several regional trade agreements but not much in the World Trade Organization. This volume charts the terrain and provides an essential guide to the achievements and shortcomings of preferential liberalization.'- Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics, USThis book fills an important gap in the trade literature by offering a comprehensive cross-regional comparison of approaches to preferential market opening and rule-making in the area of trade in services. Chronicling the spectacular recent rise of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in services and with contributions from some of the world's leading experts, the book examines the forces shaping the demand for preferences in services trade. It asks whether and how preferential advances differ from, go further than, and might ultimately inform the development of multilateral disciplines on services under the World Trade Organization's (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).The book's core focus is on comparative scholarship, directing attention to the substantive features of services PTAs around the globe and exploring the iterative nature of rule-making and market opening in a still nascent field of trade diplomacy. It advances a number of ideas on how to multilateralize PTA advances in services and takes stock of the likely impact on the WTO system of ongoing attempts at crafting a plurilateral agreement on trade in services.Trade negotiators and policy officials working in the field of trade and investment in services as well as academics in the fields of law, economics and international political economy will find much of use in this authoritative study.Contributors: S. Abeysinghe, M. Bosworth, R. Chanda, A. Mattoo, M. Robert, M. Roy, P. Sauvé, S. Stephenson, I. Streho, R. Trewin, N. WardTrade Review‘Services account for three quarters of GDP in many countries but less than a quarter of global trade. This insightful volume assesses recent evidence on services trade barriers, the extent to which preferential trade agreements liberalize trade in services and whether such liberalization benefits only participants or extends to non-member countries. It provides an excellent overview of the state of knowledge in this important area, as well as a number of detailed case studies of recent trade agreements that include services.’ -- Bernard Hoekman, European University Institute, Italy‘Sky-high barriers to services trade are the foremost obstacle confronting 21st century trade ministers and create a major impediment to global growth. Ministers have made commendable progress in several regional trade agreements but not much in the World Trade Organization. This volume charts the terrain and provides an essential guide to the achievements and shortcomings of preferential liberalization.’ -- Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction and Overview Pierre Sauvé and Anirudh Shingal PART I: OVERALL TRENDS 1. Services Commitments in Preferential Trade Agreements: Surveying the Empirical Landscape Martin Roy 2. The Preferential Liberalization of Trade in Services: Economic Insights Aaditya Mattoo and Pierre Sauvé 3. Do Negotiated Agreements Foster Trade in Services? Evidence from PTAs Anirudh Shingal PART II: COMPARATIVE REGIONALISM 4. Innovative Regionalism: The Americas Sherry Stephenson and Maryse Robert 5. Services Trade in the European Union: Internal and External Approaches to Market Opening Imola Streho 6. Services Preferences in Africa: Perspectives and Challenges Pierre Sauvé and Natasha Ward 7. Mapping the Universe of Services Disciplines in Asian PTAs Rupa Chanda 8. Services Trade in South Asia: the India–Sri Lanka CEPA A.P.C. Subhashini Abeysinghe 9. Much Ado About Nothing Much? Australian PTAs in Services Malcolm Bosworth and Ray Trewin PART III: FINAL THOUGHTS 10. Reflections on the Nature of Preferences in Services Pierre Sauvé and Anirudh Shingal 11. A Plurilateral Agenda for Services? Assessing the Case for a Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Pierre Sauvé

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Book SynopsisOne feature of globalization is that barriers to international competition have come to be associated with differences in regulatory policies that increase the costs of engaging in cross-border sales. Such non-tariff measures (NTMs) have attracted growing attention from policy makers and raise important questions for policy research. This book provides a valuable overview of key issues related to NTMs and domestic regulation. It covers the classification and definition of NTMs, new sources of data on NTMs, the impacts of (different types of) NTMs, the challenges that confront efforts to reduce the negative trade effects of NTMs and what can and should be done through international cooperation to promote good practices in the design and implementation of NTMs. The contributors comprise a mix of leading trade policy experts - both academics and practitioners - and younger researchers who have specialized in the analysis of NTMs.Trade Review'Ever since the Kennedy Round in the 1960s, trade regulation, with the decline of tariffs in industrial goods, moved towards non-tariff measures and regulatory affairs. Today, most of such measures pertain to the realm of what traditionally was domestic law, now addressed in international agreements. They fully operate within national jurisdictions and go way beyond border measures. This volume offers an insightful analysis, mainly from economics and international relations theory, of such behind-the-border issues and the challenges they pose for regulatory cooperation, the future of the WTO and multilateralism. It rightly stresses the limits of bilateral and preferential trade agreements in addressing such barriers. It argues for regulatory cooperation in harnessing global value chains. The book is of interest to negotiators and also offers new perspective to the legal community.' Thomas Cottier, Emeritus Professor of International Economic Law, World Trade Institute, Universität Bern'Non-tariff measures dominate discussions about international trade policy, and yet they almost defy measurement and effective analysis. This book presents a state-of-the-art account of how to tackle these problems both conceptually and practically. It is a tour de force and belongs not only on all trade analysts' bookshelves but also on their desks.' L. Alan Winters, Director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory, University of Sussex'This volume brings together cutting-edge research on the interface between domestic regulations and trade. With a particular focus on the European Union, its insights are relevant more widely. It brings together recent empirical research on non-tariff measures affecting trade in goods and services and advances innovative ideas to reduce unnecessary trade impacts - both by national and international actions. The volume is a rich source of inspiration for researchers and policy makers: it provides insights from applying advanced new methods to assess the trade and economic impacts of non-tariff measures, documents the increasingly rich data sources and discusses the international regulatory and legal architecture.' Frank von Tongeren Frank von Tongeren, Head of the Policies in Trade and Agriculture Division Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD'Joseph Francois and Bernard Hoekman are two of the world's foremost authorities on international trade policy. They have each spent decades analyzing the economic cost of trade barriers, both from within academia and as part of key global institutions including the World Bank and the WTO. In this book they bring together an outstanding team of authors to address the thorny issues pertaining to non-tariff measures and regulatory barriers to trade, including definition, measurement, quantification of impacts and potential for future reforms. This book will be essential reading for the next generation of students and policy makers seeking to achieve a more open world economy.' Thomas W. Hertel, Executive Director of the Center for Global Trade Analysis (GTAP), Purdue University, Indiana'This timely and comprehensive volume deals with a topic that is at the forefront of current trade policy discussions. Behind-the-border policies touch upon such sensitive areas as public health and environmental protection. They play a role in the pursuit of national policy objectives like innovation, provision of infrastructure or development. But many of them also affect trade flows. As such regulations, subsidies and other policies that appear to have a perfectly domestic character, suddenly become the subject of trade tensions. This volume examines behind-the-border policies from different angles and through different methodological lenses. As such it plays a welcome role in shedding light on a truly complex issue that is critical for the sustainability of the multilateral trading system.' Marion Jansen, Director, Division of Market Development, International Trade CentreTable of Contents1. Moving beyond the border: introduction and overview Joseph Francois and Bernard Hoekman; Part I. Concepts and Measurement: 2. NTMs: data concepts and sources Marie Luise Rau and Achim Vogt; 3. Regulatory bindings, policy uncertainty, and market access in services Peter Egger, Joseph Francois, Bernard Hoekman and Miriam Manchin; Part II. Assessing and Benchmarking Policy: 4. NTMs in the presence of global value chains and their impact on productivity Mahdi Ghodsi and Robert Stehrer; 5. Non-tariff measure estimations in different impact assessments Eddy Bekkers and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa; 6. Gauging procurement policy change during the crisis-era: evidence from the global trade alert Simon J. Evenett and Anirudh Shingal; 7. Preferences, income distribution, and the burden of NTMs Igor Bagayev and Ronald B. Davies; Part III. Dealing With NTMs: Legal and Institutional Contexts: 8. NTM reforms: a practitioner's perspective Fabio Artuso; 9. Good regulatory practices and international trade Robert Basedow; 10. Rules of origin as non-tariff measures: towards greater regulatory convergence Bernard Hoekman and Stefano Inama; 11. Behind-the-border measures and the new generation of trade agreements: TBT and SPS compared Manfred Elsig and Sebastian Klotz; 12. Non-tariff responses to China's development strategy: the WTO's interface challenge Chad Bown; 13. A time for action: the WTO must change to promote regulatory cooperation Thomas J. Bollyky and Petros C. Mavroidis.

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Book SynopsisThe multilateral trade agreements in the Annexes to the Agreement Establishingthe World Trade Organization provide a comprehensive structure for internationaltrade. Why would trading partners in different countries feel the need togo outside this framework in order to set up preferential trade arrangements?This book considers the structure of the World Trade Organizationâs agreementsand the types of preferential trade arrangements, and deliberates the value of thelatter in the light of the operation of the former.Preferential Trade Agreements and International Law offers a comprehensiveexamination of preferential trade agreements and considers the features of specificregional and bilateral trade agreements without drawing upon systematicfeatures and trends. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and willbe of value to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students interested ininternational trade and economic law.Table of Contents1. The World Trade Organization’s Multilateral Trade Agreements: Structure and Commentary2. The Scope for Preferential Trade Agreements within the World Trade Organization's Framework3. Bilateral Trade Agreements4. Regional Trade Agreements5. The Benefits and the Limitations of Preferential Trade Agreements6. An Assessment of the Value-Added of the Preferential Trade Agreements to the World Trade Organization’s Framework

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Book SynopsisThe World Trade Organization''s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) sets out a framework and rules for the liberalization of international trade in services. Paragraph 2(a) of the GATS Annex on Financial Services is generally known as the Prudential Carve-Out (PCO). Notwithstanding GATS obligations, it allows WTO Members to pursue prudential regulatory objectives. This book studies the GATS PCO in light of its negotiating history and economic rationale as well as PCOs in all preferential trade agreements notified to the WTO Secretariat up to the summer of 2017. The author clarifies the state of play of international cooperation on financial services regulation; provides a current understanding of the GATS PCO; analyses how PCOs are drafted in preferential trade agreements and, finally, he seeks to understand whether alternative approaches to the mainstream understanding of the PCO are possible and suggests options for reform.Table of Contents1. The subject matter of the study; 2. International cooperation on financial services and prudential measures: WTO and beyond; 3. The current understanding of the GATS PCO; 4. Prudential Carve-Outs in Preferential Trade Agreements; 5. A possible alternative approach; 6. Suggestions for reform.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a collection of some of the key essays by Ramesh Thakur on the origins, implementation and future prospects of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm.The book offers a comprehensive yet accessible review of the origins, evolution, advances and shortcomings of the R2P principle. A literature review is followed by an overview of the background, meaning and development of R2P. With a focus on the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS), Part I analyses the features of, and explains the factors that make for success and failure of commission diplomacy. Part II discusses the controversies surrounding efforts to implement R2P, including the role and importance of emerging powers. Part III describes the remaining protection gaps and explains why R2P will remain relevant because it is essentially demand driven. Finally, the book concludes with a look back at the origins of R2P and looks ahead to possible future directions.This book will be essential for students of the Responsibility to Protect, and of much interest to students of global governance, human rights, international law and international relations.Trade Review'In a world of increased conflict, mass atrocities and political turmoil – and at a time when many academic writers have retreated into despair – Ramesh Thakur always writes with impressive passion, power and clarity of vision. His words are much-needed intellectual ammunition for those of us who are trying to prevent mass atrocities and build a better world at the United Nations and beyond.'--Simon Adams, Executive Director, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, New York, USA'Starting with his service as a commissioner and a principal author of the original ICISS report, and continuing afterwards as an analyst and advocate, no one has been more insightful than Ramesh Thakur about R2P’s normative and operational impacts.'--Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political Science and Director Emeritus, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA'Over two decades, Ramesh Thakur has made an immense contribution to the development, implementation, and analysis of the Responsibility to Protect principle. In this volume, he brings his keen analytical eye to the most important questions surrounding the global campaign to prevent and end atrocity crimes. Combining the unique insights of one of the principle’s key progenitors with wisdom derived from years of practical experience and painstaking research, this volume sheds important light on the campaign to end atrocities thus far and the lessons that must be learned for the future.' --Alex J. Bellamy, The University of Queensland, Australia'The book is an excellent introduction to the Responsibility to Protect for all those unacquainted with the subject-matter; but it is also immensely valuable for those familiar with the field, providing an insider’s account of the early days of the conceptualization of the principle and a detailed history of almost two decades of sustained advocacy. The book blends sophisticated scholarly analysis with the wisdom derived from practice. It is highly recommended reading.'--Noele Crossley, International Affairs'ideally suited for postgraduates interested in global goverance, human rights, international law and international relations who have sufficient cognitive priors in respect of the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of R2P. It is also applicable to practitioners who are immersed in the policy and political debates surrounding the principle-cum-norm.'--Anthony Bizos, South African Journal of International Affairs, 26(4), 2019Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Responsibility to Protect at 15 Part I: Origins, Meaning and Evolution 3. High-level Panels 4. Rwanda, Kosovo and the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty 5. From the Right to Persecute to the Responsibility to Protect: Feuerbachian Inversions of Rights and Responsibilities in State–Citizen Relations 6. From Humanitarian Intervention to R2P: Cosmetic or Consequential? Part II: Implentation Controversies 7. R2P after Libya and Syria: Engaging Emerging Powers 8. R2P’s ‘Structural’ Problems: A Response to Roland Paris 9. The UN Secretary-General and the Forgotten Third R2P Responsibility Part III: Gaps and Demands For Atrocity Protection 10. Protection Gaps for Civilian Victims of Political Violence 11. Atrocity Crimes and Global Governance 12. Looking Back to Look Ahead

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Book SynopsisTrade Protectionism in an Uncertain and Interconnected Global Economy presents the results of almost five years of research on the political economy of trade policy. It argues that in a global context dominated by economic uncertainty and interdependencies, the mechanisms that have fueled the diffusion of trade liberalization under the World Trade Organization (preferential trade agreements and global value chains) can also become channels for protectionism (based on less observable non- tariff or murkier measures).Countries have changed the way they respond to protectionism, which impacts bilateral relations. The author explores why and how increased global trade interconnectivity has also become a channel for new forms of trade protectionism, and especially how this impacts the developing world. These counterintuitive dynamics constitute the newest wave in the literature on trade interdependence. Previous research on trade policy has often concentrated on just one aspect of the effects of an interconnected global economy: the more political and economic linkages countries build among themselves, the fewer tensions they will generate across borders. From a trade policy perspective, this causal claim has held steady for many decades. This book bridges academic analysis with trade policymaking and offers a road map for the kinds of commercial policy reforms that will be essential for the successful revival of world markets after global economic crises as it was the COVID-19 pandemic.This book will appeal to postgraduates, researchers, and academics interested in international political economy, comparative political economy, development, business, and all those with a particular interest in Latin American trade policy dynamics. It will also be of interest to trade policy scholars, practitioners, and readers with an interest in how governments, firms, and regions around the developing world transition into more knowledge-intensive activities.

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume critically examines the widely supported doctrine of the 'Responsibility to Protect', and investigates the claim that it embodies progressive values in international politics. Since the United Nations World Summit of 2005, a remarkable consensus has emerged in support of the doctrine of the âresponsibility to protectâ (R2P) â the idea that states and the international community bear a joint duty to protect peoples around the world from mass atrocities. While there has been plenty of discussion over how this doctrine can best be implemented, there has been no systematic criticism of the principles underlying R2P. This volume is the first critically to interrogate both the theoretical principles and the policy consequences of this doctrine. The authors in this collection argue that the doctrine of R2P does not in fact embody progressive values, and they explore the possibility that the R2P may undermine political accountability within states and international peace between them. This volume not only advances a novel set of arguments, but will also spur debate by offering views that are seldom heard in discussions of R2P. The aim of the volume is to bring a range of criticisms to bear from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including international law, political science, IR theory and security studies.This book will be of much interest to students of the Responsibility to Protect, humanitarian intervention, human security, critical security studies and IR in general.Table of ContentsIntroduction Philip Cunliffe Part 1: The Responsibility to Protect: History and Politics 2. The Skeleton in the Closet: The Responsibility to Protect in History Noam Chomsky 3. Understanding the Gap between the Promise and Reality of the Responsibility to Protect David Chandler 4. The Responsibility to Protect and the End of the Western Century Tara McCormack Part 2: The Responsibility to Protect: International Law and Order 5. A Dangerous Duty: Power, Paternalism and the Global ‘Duty of Care’ Philip Cunliffe 6. Responsibility to Peace: A Critique of R2P Mary Ellen O'Connell 7. The Responsibility to Protect and International Law Aidan Hehir Part 3: The Responsibility to Protect in Africa 8. The Irresponsibility of the Responsibility to Protect in Africa Adam Branch 9. Responsibility to Protect or Right to Punish? Mahmood Mamdani

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Book SynopsisThis insightful volume is a careful selection of the major contributions to the controversy as to whether regional trade agreements harm the multilateral system of trade negotiation. It focuses on key topics such as: the theory of preferential trade agreements; regionalism and multilateralism; the effects of regionalism on the multilateral system; the effects of multilateralism on regionalism; rules of origin and empirical analyses. Scholars and practitioners alike will find this an invaluable set of papers.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Caroline Freund PART I THE THEORY OF PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS 1. Jacob Viner (1950), ‘The Economics of Customs Unions’ 2. W.M. Corden (1972), ‘Economies of Scale and Customs Union Theory’ 3. Murray C. Kemp and Henry Y. Wan, Jr. (1976), ‘An Elementary Proposition Concerning the Formation of Customs Unions’ 4. Paul Wonnacott and Ronald Wonnacott (1981), ‘Is Unilateral Tariff Reduction Preferable to a Customs Union? The Curious Case of Missing Foreign Tariffs’ PART II THE GATT’S ARTICLE XXIV 5. Richard H. Snape (1993), ‘History and Economics of GATT’s Article XXIV’ PART III OVERVIEW OF REGIONALISM AND MULTILATERALISM 6. J. Bhagwati and A. Panagariya (1999), ‘Preferential Trading Areas and Multilateralism: Strangers, Friends or Foes?’ 7. Arvind Panagariya (2000), ‘Preferential Trade Liberalization: The Traditional Theory and New Developments’ PART IV THE EFFECTS OF REGIONALISM ON THE MULTILATERAL SYSTEM 8. Martin Richardson (1993), ‘Endogenous Protection and Trade Diversion’ 9. Richard E. Baldwin (1995), ‘A Domino Theory of Regionalism’ 10. Arvind Panagariya and Ronald Findlay (1996), ‘A Political-Economy Analysis of Free-Trade Areas and Customs Unions’ 11. Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger (1997), ‘Multilateral Tariff Cooperation During the Formation of Customs Unions’ 12. Philip I. Levy (1997), ‘A Political-Economic Analysis of Free-Trade Agreements’ 13. Pravin Krishna (1998), ‘Regionalism and Multilateralism: A Political Economy Approach’ PART V THE EFFECTS OF MULTILATERALISM ON REGIONALISM 14. Wilfred J. Ethier (1998), ‘Regionalism in a Multilateral World’ 15. Caroline Freund (2000), ‘Multilateralism and the Endogenous Formation of Preferential Trade Agreements’ PART VI NATURAL TRADE PARTNERS 16. Paul Wonnacott and Mark Lutz (1989), ‘Is There a Case for Free Trade Areas?’ 17. Lawrence H. Summers (1991), ‘Regionalism and the World Trading System’ 18. Paul Krugman (1993), ‘Regionalism versus Multilateralism: Analytical Notes’ 19. Jeffrey Frankel, Ernesto Stein, and Shang-jin Wei (1995), ‘Trading Blocs and the Americas: The Natural, The Unnatural and the Supernatural’ 20. Robert Z. Lawrence (1996), ‘Regionalism and the WTO: Should the Rules Be Changed?’ PART VII RULES OF ORIGIN 21. Anne O. Krueger (1999), ‘Free Trade Agreements as Protectionist Devices: Rules of Origin’ 22. A. Estvadeordal and K. Suominen (2006), ‘Mapping and Measuring Rules of Origin Around the World’ PART VIII EMPIRICAL ANALYSES 23. T.N. Srinivasan, John Whalley and Ian Wooton (1993), ‘Measuring the Effects of Regionalism on Trade and Welfare’ 24. Alexander J. Yeats (1998), ‘Does Mercosur’s Trade Performance Raise Concerns about the Effects of Regional Trade Agreements?’ 25. Faezeh Foroutan (1998), ‘Does Membership in a Regional Preferential Trade Arrangement Make a Country More or Less Protectionist?’ 26. Won Chang and L. Alan Winters (2002), ‘How Regional Blocs Affect Excluded Countries: The Price Effects of MERCOSUR’ 27. Alok K. Bohara, Kishore Gawande and Pablo Sanguinetti (2004), ‘Trade Diversion and Declining Tariffs: Evidence from Mercosur’ 28. Nuno Limão (2006), ‘Preferential Trade Agreements as Stumbling Blocks for Multilateral Trade Liberalization: Evidence for the United States’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisTemporary protection from fairly traded imports under the World Trade Organization (WTO) typically refers to a national government's use of a 'safeguard' tariff, quota or tariff rate quota. Safeguard provisions allow a WTO member's national government to investigate whether a domestic industry is injured because of fairly traded, but imported goods; and then impose a temporary unilateral import restriction that would otherwise be in violation of market access commitments. This book presents some of the key theoretical and empirical research articles in the economics, legal and policy literature examining the structure and use of such temporary import protection programmes. This insightful collection will be an important reference source for economists and researchers interested in international trade policy and the rules of the underlying WTO system.Trade Review'This is a much-needed collection of important theoretical and empirical papers by distinguished writers in the field on the legal, economic and political justifications for the controversial use of WTO Safeguard Mechanisms. The introduction by Chad Bown, a well-respected analyst of this subject, provides a cogent summary of the context and critical areas of this debate. As well as being an essential reference tool, this volume provides a fertile source for future research and will be of great use to academics, students and policymakers interested in the political economy of international trade and protection.' -- Robert Read, Lancaster University Management School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Chad P. Bown PART I HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS 1. John H. Jackson (1997), ‘Safeguards and Adjustment Policies’ 2. Alan V. Deardorff (1987), ‘Safeguards Policy and the Conservative Social Welfare Function’ 3. J. Michael Finger (2002), ‘Safeguards: Making Sense of GATT/WTO Provisions Allowing for Import Restrictions’ PART II ECONOMIC THEORY: DIFFICULTIES IN MAKING THE CASE FOR IMPORT-RESTRICTING SAFEGUARD POLICIES 4. Jagdish N. Bhagwati (1976), ‘Market Disruption, Export Market Disruption, Compensation and GATT Reform’ 5. Michael Mussa (1978), ‘Dynamic Adjustment in the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson Model’ 6. Robert W. Staiger and Guido Tabellini (1987), ‘Discretionary Trade Policy and Excessive Protection’ PART III ECONOMIC THEORY: SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS AND DESIGN 7. Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger (1990), ‘A Theory of Managed Trade’ 8. Ronald D. Fischer and Thomas J. Prusa (2003), ‘WTO Exceptions as Insurance’ 9. Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger (2005), ‘Enforcement, Private Political Pressure, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade / World Trade Organization Escape Clause’ PART IV ECONOMIC THEORY: SAFEGUARDS AND ‘ADJUSTMENT’ 10. Kaz Miyagiwa and Yuka Ohno (1995), ‘Closing the Technology Gap Under Protection’ 11. Arye L. Hillman (1982), ‘Declining Industries and Political-Support Protectionist Motives’ 12. S. Lael Brainard and Thierry Verdier (1997), ‘The Political Economy of Declining Industries: Senescent Industry Collapse Revisited’ 13. Carl Davidson and Steven J. Matusz (2004), ‘An Overlapping-generations Model of Escape Clause Protection’ PART V EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF SAFEGUARDS 14. Steven Berry, James Levinsohn and Ariel Pakes (1999), ‘Voluntary Export Restraints on Automobiles: Evaluating a Trade Policy’ 15. James C. Hartigan, Philip R. Perry and Sreenivas Kamma (1986), ‘The Value of Administered Protection: A Capital Market Approach’ 16. Robert E. Baldwin and Jeffrey W. Steagall (1994), ‘An Analysis of ITC Decisions in Antidumping, Countervailing Duty and Safeguard Cases’ 17. Wendy L. Hansen and Thomas J. Prusa (1995), ‘The Road Most Taken: The Rise of Title VII Protection’ 18. Chad P. Bown (2004), ‘Trade Disputes and the Implementation of Protection Under the GATT: An Empirical Assessment’ 19. Robert W. Staiger and Guido Tabellini (1999), ‘Do GATT Rules Help Governments Make Domestic Commitments?’ 20. Chad P. Bown and Rachel McCulloch (2004), ‘The WTO Agreement on Safeguards: An Empirical Analysis of Discriminatory Impact’ PART VI POLICY USE, LEGAL PROCESS AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 21. Douglas A. Irwin (2003), ‘Causing Problems? The WTO Review of Causation and Injury Attribution in US Section 201 Cases’ 22. Alan O. Sykes (2003), ‘The Safeguards Mess: A Critique of WTO Jurisprudence’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisPresenting a blend of economics and law, this book provides unique insights as well as practical guidance for negotiators considering major issues on the agendas of bilateral and regional preferential trading agreements (PTAs).PTAs are currently proliferating. However, the existing economics literature provides little guidance for trade negotiators and analysts grappling with complex technical problems when negotiating PTAs. The authors use the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement as an illustrative case study to provide concrete insights into the political economy roots of disagreements and conflicts, and discuss the pros and cons of alternative formulations and approaches.This informative and insightful book would appeal to academic analysts, particularly those interested in the economic and legal aspects of international trade, and to those involved in negotiating international trade agreements. It would also be of great interest to trade negotiators and trade policy makers.Trade Review'International trade - which is just another name for international business - involves a tightly woven bundle of cross-border "movements". Firms that sell internationally need to move goods, services, investment, skilled personal and intellectual property across international boundaries. This reality means that today's FTAs are about a great deal more than tariffs. This book, which focuses on the proposed China-Australia FTA, provides a wondrous overview of what a modern bilateral trade agreement has to address. Its 12 chapters, written mostly by world-renowned experts, are succinct, up-to-date and highly informative. I recommend it to anyone interested in the new wave of FTAs in Asia and beyond.' -- Richard E. Baldwin, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland'Are Preferential Trading Agreements building blocks or stumbling blocks? Most economists are skeptical of their benefits, but politicians and bureaucrats evidently like them. This timely and rich contribution to the debate, by an eminent group of economists and lawyers, assesses the issues with reference to the Australia-China negotiations. Importantly, if we are in a second-best world, the authors show clearly how to at least minimise the negative impacts of PTAs. A must-read for policy makers, practitioners, business people and academics.' -- Hal Hill, The Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. Introduction Sisira Jayasuriya and Gary Magee 2. Review of International Experience: Ex Post Studies of Other PTAs and Implications for PTA Design Russell Hillberry 3. Multilateralism and FTAs: A Chinese Perspective on an Australia–China FTA Dashu Wang PART II: SECTOR-SPECIFIC ISSUES 4. Manufacturing Products and Related Issues in a Free Trade Agreement between China and Australia Neville Norman 5. Agriculture Donald MacLaren 6. Services in PTAs – Donuts or Holes? Philippa Dee and Christopher Findlay 7. Resources Sector and Foreign Investment Yinhua Mai and Philip Adams PART III: KEY ISSUES FACING FTA NEGOTIATORS 8. Intellectual Property in a Possible China–Australia Free Trade Agreement Kimberlee Weatherall 9. Rules of Origin Peter Lloyd and Donald MacLaren 10. Settlement of Disputes under Free Trade Agreements Jeff Waincymer 11. Safeguards, Anti-Dumping Actions and Countervailing Duties Martin Richardson 12. Ensuring Compliance between a Bilateral PTA and the WTO Andrew D. Mitchell and Nicolas J.S. Lockhart Index

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Book SynopsisThis book represents an exciting new contribution to the field of refugee law and human rights law. It considers the legal obligations which countries have to people who do not meet the legal definition of a ''refugee'', but who have nonetheless been forcibly displaced from their homes, whether due to war, generalized violence, humanitarian disaster or torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. This is known as ''complementary protection'', because it complements the central international instrument in this area, the 1951 Refugee Convention. The book analyses international human rights law to discern where such legal obligations to protect might arise, and considers the legal status which countries ought to provide to such people. It provides a comprehensive overview of States'' current responses to this issue, and offers original and thoughtful suggestions for protecting such persons within the international legal framework. This book is the first dedicated study on ''compTrade ReviewThis book is a laudable project, because it addresses an issue which is important both for practice and for theory. EU legislation and developments in case-law concerning general human rights instruments have changed the field in the past few years, hence a comprehensive study is timely...McAdam's book draws attention to an important issue. It is full of relevant information and insights. * Thomas Spijkerboer, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Vol 27/3, 2009 *'this book has an important role in encouraging the reader to consider the extent to which the existing framework might be applied to emerging patterns of migration and displacement. McAdam provides a solid foundation for the future analysis of issues which have the potential to shape the ongoing development of complementary protection in international law.' * Modern Law Review 323, 325 *An outstanding contribution to the literature [that] is necessary reading for anyone engaged with refugee protection today * UNSW Law Journal *... a meticulously researched and carefully structured book, persuasively and elegantly written. * Peter Billings, 28 Legal Studies 143, 148 *... a weighty analysis that covers a broad area of considerable topical interest * Professor Vaughan Lowe, Chichele Professor of International Law, University of Oxford *McAdam writes very clearly: her lucid style makes her arguments very easy to follow, which is a real asset for an academic wishing to have an impact on law makers... McAdam's work is significant because of the unjust and arbitrary way in which Australia currently handles the compassionate and humanitarian claims of people who the system judges not to be refugees. This work provides a principles framework through which to approach the task of determining which non-refugees should be allowed to remain in Australia and what their base entitlements should be. * The Australian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 27 *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume critically examines the widely supported doctrine of the 'Responsibility to Protect', and investigates the claim that it embodies progressive values in international politics. Since the United Nations World Summit of 2005, a remarkable consensus has emerged in support of the doctrine of the âresponsibility to protectâ (R2P) â the idea that states and the international community bear a joint duty to protect peoples around the world from mass atrocities. While there has been plenty of discussion over how this doctrine can best be implemented, there has been no systematic criticism of the principles underlying R2P. This volume is the first critically to interrogate both the theoretical principles and the policy consequences of this doctrine. The authors in this collection argue that the doctrine of R2P does not in fact embody progressive values, and they explore the possibility that the R2P may undermine political accountability within states and international peace between them. This volume not only advances a novel set of arguments, but will also spur debate by offering views that are seldom heard in discussions of R2P. The aim of the volume is to bring a range of criticisms to bear from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including international law, political science, IR theory and security studies.This book will be of much interest to students of the Responsibility to Protect, humanitarian intervention, human security, critical security studies and IR in general.Table of ContentsIntroduction Philip Cunliffe Part 1: The Responsibility to Protect: History and Politics 2. The Skeleton in the Closet: The Responsibility to Protect in History Noam Chomsky 3. Understanding the Gap between the Promise and Reality of the Responsibility to Protect David Chandler 4. The Responsibility to Protect and the End of the Western Century Tara McCormack Part 2: The Responsibility to Protect: International Law and Order 5. A Dangerous Duty: Power, Paternalism and the Global ‘Duty of Care’ Philip Cunliffe 6. Responsibility to Peace: A Critique of R2P Mary Ellen O'Connell 7. The Responsibility to Protect and International Law Aidan Hehir Part 3: The Responsibility to Protect in Africa 8. The Irresponsibility of the Responsibility to Protect in Africa Adam Branch 9. Responsibility to Protect or Right to Punish? Mahmood Mamdani

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Book SynopsisDespite an increasing global awareness of environmental concerns, setting internationally binding and ambitious commitments has proven exceedingly complex. As states are seeking alternative methods to support global environmental protection, this book takes a closer look at the possibility of using national trade measures that make market access conditional on the environmental impact of the production process abroad. Inspired by accepted practice in other fields of law, Barbara Cooreman illustrates that the extraterritorial character of these environmental trade measures is not necessarily inconsistent with WTO law by proposing an extraterritoriality decision tree for trade measures targeting foreign production processes. Identifying key challenges through varied case studies, the author demonstrates that states can indeed use their market to further environmental progress, when the state's environment is affected and where a minimum level of international legal support exists for the environmental concern at issue. The book shows that current WTO laws leave more room for action than often thought and concludes that WTO law is no excuse for environmental inaction. Practical and comparative, this book will appeal to scholars of both environmental and trade law. It also offers a valuable tool to aid judges and lawmakers alike in determining the lawfulness of a measure.Trade Review'This is an important work which identifies the space left by the law of the World Trade Organization to address global or extraterritorial environmental concerns. By suggesting a new decision model, the author sheds further analytical light on the undertheorized implied jurisdictional clause of Article XX (g) GATT, referred to by the Appellate Body in US - Shrimp. This practical model, which the author goes on to apply to a number of well-known cases, is most useful to guide states and WTO decision-makers in striking an adequate balance between free trade imperatives and global environmental concerns.' --Cedric Ryngaert, Utrecht University, the Netherlands'This fascinating and highly readable volume constructs a decision-making framework to help in appraising the practice of extraterritoriality in environmental law. In building a ''decision-tree'' it places emphasis upon the location of the environmental concern and the degree of multilateral support for the measure in question. The volume will be essential reading for academics and practitioners grappling with the challenge of how to enhance the contribution that individual states can make to protecting the global environment whilst preventing powerful states from overreaching the limits of their jurisdiction.' --Joanne Scott, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction PART I: INTRODUCING ENVIRONMENTAL TRADE MEASURES 2. Product or process: Outlining the scope of trade law 3. The (extra)territorial reach of national measures under WTO law PART II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR AN EXTRATERRITORIALITY DECISION TREE 4. A broader perspective on extraterritoriality 5. The proposal of a WTO extraterritoriality decision tree PART III: CASE STUDIES 6. The application of the extraterritoriality decision tree: case studies 7. Concluding chapter: outlook and final remarks Index

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Book SynopsisThis highly topical book considers the important question of how best to protect the environment of the Third Pole - the area comprising the Hindu Kush Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau - using the tool of international law; specifically, international environmental law and the law of international watercourses. Following detailed analysis of weaknesses in current legal protections according to comparative legal theory, Simon Marsden recommends three potential options for implementation by policy and lawmakers. The first option is to transplant existing international law, including conventions from the UN Economic Commission for Europe and the Council of Europe. Secondly, transplantation of a comprehensive international treaty, based upon the Alpine and Carpathian regimes, is suggested. The overwhelmingly European focus of the first two options, and possible contextual constraints to implementation, informs a third option: the development of a new treaty, giving appropriate attention to the Asian context on one hand, and the need for access of information and public participation on the other, to ensure effective implementation and compliance. Taking a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, Protecting the Third Pole will be a key resource for legal and policy scholars. NGO's and practitioners will also benefit from its detailed analysis.Trade Review'This book offers an in-depth assessment of the relevance of international environmental law for protecting one of the world s most fascinating ecological regions - the Hindu Kush Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. The Third Pole, as this high altitude area is known, is under enormous pressure from local, regional and global threats, including climate change. Marsden assesses the potential for 'transplanting' successful environmental regimes from other contexts to the Third Pole, and makes a major contribution to understanding the potential for enhanced environmental governance in this vital region.' --Tim Stephens, University of Sydney, Australia'While to some extent international law protects the first two poles (the Arctic and Antarctic), it has largely been ignored for the Third Pole (the Hindu Kush Himalayas / Tibetan Plateau). This book responds to this by reviewing measures for Asia's polar region. Supplementing analysis of customary international law with potential treaty law, it analyses the practicalities of legal borrowing together with the content of such measures. In doing so it provides an extremely welcome contribution to existing literature on international transplants and broadens the discipline of polar law.' --Timo Koivurova, University of Lapland, FinlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. International Legal Transplants 3. Developing Global Protected Areas 4. Connecting Area and Species Protection 5. Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment 6. Protection of International Rivers 7. Protection of Transfrontier Mountains Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDo states have the right to prevent potential immigrants from crossing their borders, or should people have the freedom to migrate and settle wherever they wish? Christopher Heath Wellman and Phillip Cole develop and defend opposing answers to this timely and important question. Appealing to the right to freedom of association, Wellman contends that legitimate states have broad discretion to exclude potential immigrants, even those who desperately seek to enter. Against this, Cole argues that the commitment to the moral equality of all human beings - which legitimate states can be expected to hold - means national borders must be open: equal respect requires equal access, both to territory and membership; and that the idea of open borders is less radical than it seems when we consider how many territorial and community boundaries have this open nature. In addition to engaging with each other''s arguments, Wellman and Cole address a range of central questions and prominent positions on this topic. The authors therefore provide a critical overview of the major contributions to the ethics of migration, as well as developing original, provocative positions of their own.Trade ReviewDrawing upon a growing body of literature in this field and using analogy to support their own and contest each others arguments, the book is accessible and provocative, providing both a useful introduction to the issues for undergraduates, but also of interest to those with a more profound expertise in this topical area. * Caryl Thompson, Political Studies Review, 28/10/2013. *Outstanding Academic Titles 2012, as selected by CHOICE Magazine (December 2012). * CHOICE *Succeed[s] in exploring the moral dilemmas surrounding immigration in an accessible way. The book consists of two essays: Wellman makes the case for the right to exclude, Cole for a human right to cross national borders. Their study shows vividly how a profound difference of opinion can be clarified by reasoned dialogue, which makes it a lesson in philosophy as democracy. * Paul Scheffer, Times Higher Education *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ; FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND THE RIGHT TO EXCLUDE ; In Defense of the Right to Exclude ; The Egalitarian Case for Open Borders ; The Libertarian Case for Open Borders ; The Democratic Case for Open Borders ; The Utilitarian Case for Open Borders ; Refugees ; Toward an International Institution with Authority of Immigration ; Guest Workers ; Selection Criteria ; Conclusion ; OPEN BORDERS: AN ETHICAL DEFENCE ; The Shape of the Debate ; The Case Against the Right to Exclude ; Wellman on Freedom of Association ; Consequentialist Concerns ; Towards a Right to Mobility ; Conclusion ; Index

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Book SynopsisFourth in the SPTL seminar series, this book explores the concepts of privacy and loyalty in the law of obligations. Essays combine practical and academic perspectives that highlight contemporary trends in the law of obligations. In addition, there is an extended Introduction.Table of Contents1. Privacy as a Constitutional Right and Value ; 2. Privacy-related Rights: Their Social Value ; 3. Privacy and Political Speech ; 4. Comparative Rights of Privacy of Public Figures ; 5. Obstacles on the Path of Privacy Torts ; 6. The Flight to the Fiduciary Haven ; 7. Constructive Fiduciaries? ; 8. Reflections on Identification of Fiduciaries ; 9. Fiduciaries in Context: An Overview

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Book SynopsisThis book provides systematic analysis of the way in which The Hague Child Abduction Convention has been applied in England and Scotland, with reference also to the case law of Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and the US. All the key provisions and terms of the Convention are explored.Trade ReviewWritten in a clear and elegant style, this monograph accomplishes its goals of presenting the convention in its practical and theoretical aspects, drawing on a broad spectrum of sources, both judicial and academic, in an international perspective. The Oxford series has set a very high standard, and Beaumont & McEleavy have certainly lived up to it. * McGill Law Journal *... valuable to anyone seeking clear and detailed explanations of how the convention actually works. * McGill Law Journal *... provides a timely examination of the theoretical and practical aspects of the Hague Convention. * McGill Law Journal *... a significant contribution to the literature on transborder child custody and the international community's response to it. * McGill Law Journal *This is a book of first class scholarship ... the authors offer thoughtful and incisive criticism on every topic. No one working in the area of international family law will want to be without this book. Anyone considering writing a legal commentary on an international convention would be wise to study what is a truly exemplary work. * International and Comparative Law Quarterly *The important Oxford Monographs in Private International Law series has recently been enriched by this book devoted to one of the most widely ratified Hague Conventions: the 1980 Convention on international child-kidnapping. * Revue Critique de Droit Internationale Privé *... this book provides a wealth of information from both the social and legal points of view ... this text should be a standard referencee work in regards to the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction. * Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights *Table of ContentsGeneral Editor's Preface ; Preface ; Table of Cases ; Table of Legislation ; Introduction ; Sociological Review and Analysis of International Child Abduction ; The Evolution of an International Convention: The Hague Model ; Aims ; Removal and Retention ; Rights of Custody ; Habitual residence ; Article 13(1)(a): Has the Dispossessed Parent Consented or Subsequently Acquiesced in the Removal or Retention? ; The Protection of Children where a return may result in Harm: Article 13(1)(b), Undertakings & Article 20 ; The Right of a Mature Minor to object to a Return: Article 13 ; Article 12(2): The Child is now settled in its New Environment ; Rights of Access ; Relationship of the Hague Convention with Other International Instruments ; Interpretation ; The Child Abduction Convention in Practice ; Conclusions ; Appendix 1: English and French Text of the Convention ; Appendix 2: Table of Ratifications and Accessions ; Appendix 3: Hague Convention Statistics ; Index

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