| Liberalizing International Trade after Doha Contributor(s): Gantz, David a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107034205 ISBN-13: 9781107034204 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $87.39 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Commercial - International Trade - Business & Economics | International - General - Law | International |
| Dewey: 382.9 |
| LCCN: 2013007199 |
| Series: Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 9.4" (1.45 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After ten years the Doha Development Round is effectively dead. A broadly comprehensive round of trade negotiations reminiscent of the Doha agenda or the Uruguay Round will not likely be attempted again in the foreseeable future. Although some have suggested that Doha's demise threatens the continued existence of the GATT/WTO system, even with some risks of increasing protectionism, the United States, the European Union, Japan, Brazil, China, and India, among others, have far too much to lose to make abandoning the WTO a rational option. If there is reason for cautious optimism post-Doha it is because there are alternatives to a comprehensive package of new or amended multilateral agreements. In addition to likely consensus on a few noncontroversial multilateral elements of Doha, the alternatives include existing and future "plurilateral" trade agreements, new or revised regional trade agreements covering both goods and services, and liberalized national trade laws and regulations in the WTO member nations. This book discusses the alternatives, which although less than ideal, may provide an impetus for continuing trade liberalization both among willing members and in some instances worldwide. |