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Agreeing and Implementing the Doha Round of the WTO
By
Harald Hohmann
Description
The
Doha Round is the first major trade negotiation round under the WTO
since the failure of the Seattle Ministerial in 1999. The Doha
discussions and results will have a large impact on the future of
international trade law. Leading scholars and practitioners from
three continents comment on four such areas in this book. Firstly,
poverty eradication, capacity building, and special and differential
treatment are required to change for WTO law to be accepted globally;
this may lead to a reinterpretation of WTO law. Secondly, the major
trade policy concerns, the global concept of competition, and the
impacts of trade facilitation and of sustainability of trade
liberalization are examined. The third topic is the improvement of
the dispute settlement through, for example, a relaxation of tensions
between the judicial and diplomatic models. Finally, possible
solutions for the balance between free trade, environmental
protection and human rights are explored.
• Clearly
outlines why barriers to access to goods and services, and for
implementing trade facilitation and sustainable trade, need to be
removed • Clearly outlines why some aspects of WTO dispute
settlement (e.g. transparency, increased access of developing
countries) must improve • Clearly outlines why environmental
protection, human rights and health are important
Contents
Preface
John H. Jackson; Introduction Harald Hohmann; 1a. We need to look
ahead and to rebuild: a deal can still be salvaged from the ashes of
Doha Peter Mandelson; 1b. The future of the Doha negotiations after
the suspension: is all in vain? Chiedu Osakwe; Part I. Development
Policy of the WTO: 2. Developmental aspects of the Doha Round of
negotiations WTO Secretariat; 3a. Aspects of development policy in
the Doha Round - EC perspective Philippe Duponteil; 3b. Assessment of
the 6th ministerial Hong Kong Conference from a development
perspective Faizel Ismail; 4. Capacity building and combating poverty
in the WTO Ambassador Lilia R. Bautista; 5. Integrating development
and S&D into the architecture of the WTO, through the operation
of the Dispute Settlement system Asif H. Qureshi; Part II. Trade
Policy (Including Competition) and Trade Facilitation: 6a. Trade
policy objectives in the Doha Round: the EC perspective David
O\\\\\\\'Sullivan; 6b. Trade policy objectives in the final phase of the
Doha round Knut Brünjes; 7. Further liberalization of trade in
chemicals - can the DDA deliver? Reinhard Quick; 8. Trade
facilitation within the Doha Round: a critical review of recent
efforts of the WTO and other international organisations (1996–2006)
Harald Hohmann; 9. Competition in the Doha Round: ICN accompanied
convergence - instead of WTO imposed harmonization - of competition
laws Karl M. Meessen; 10. The legal principle of integration in the
Doha Round: embedding a social order in the global market Paul de
Waart; Part III. Reform of the Dispute Settlement: 11. Reforming the
Dispute Settlement System through practice Eric White; 12. Reforming
the Dispute Settlement understanding Wolfgang Weiss; 13. The WTO
Dispute Settlement system: jurisdiction, interpretation and remedies
Debra Steger; 14. An evaluation of the role of legal aid in
International Dispute resolution, with emphasis on the advisory
centre on WTO law Petina Gappah; Part IV. Social Rights, Health, and
Environment: 15. Trade and human rights at work: Next round please?
Regulatory and cooperationist approaches in the context of the Doha
Round Andreas Blüthner; 16. Food safety issues under WTO
Agreements Mitsuo Matsushita; 17. Trade and the environment: with
particular reference to climate change issues Shinya Murase; 18. Live
with a quiet but uneasy status quo? An evolutionary role the
Appellate Body can play in resolution of \\\\\\\'Trade and Environment\\\\\\\'
disputes Satoru Taira; 19. Health, environment and social standards
in the Doha Round: comparison of the visions and reforms needed and
the results achieved Lutz Strack; 20. Some personal conclusions of
the 19 chapters Harald Hohmann.
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