State Trading in the Twenty-First Century: The World Trade Forum, Volume 1

by Thomas Cottier (Editor), Petros Constantinos Mavroidis (Editor), Krista Schefer (Editor)

Overview

The University of Michigan Press is pleased to announce the first volume in an annual series, The World Trade Forum. The Forum's members include scholars, lawyers, and government and business practitioners working in the area of international trade, law, and policy. They meet annually and discuss integration issues in international economic relations, focusing on a new theme each year.
The central topic of the first World Trade Forum is state trading. To what extent has trade liberalization, as we have experienced it over the last fifty years, affected property ownership? Contributors to the 1998 World Trade Forum explore this question, examining both state practice and the regulatory framework. Their discussions are divided into three parts: Part 1 looks at the World Trade Organization's legal framework for state trading enterprises, taking on such issues as monopolies and state enterprises, the WTO Antidumping Agreement and the economies in transition, and relationship of state trading and the Government Purchasing Act. Part 2 deals with regional experiences in state trading (for the EC, United States, Canada, Japan, China, and Russia). Part 3 examines conceptual issues such as auctions as a trade policy instrument and rule-making alternatives for entities with exclusive rights. The conclusion synthesizes the foregoing chapters in discussing the reach of modern international trade law.
Contributors are Frederick Abbott, Ichiro Araki, Christian Bach, Jacques H. J. Bourgeois, Thomas Cottier, William J. Davey, Vladimir Dbrentsov, Toni Haniotis, Bernard M. Hoekman, Gary Horlick, Henrik Horn, Robert Howse, Patrick Low, Will Martin, Mitsuo Matsushita, Petros Mavroidis, Aaditya Mattoo, Patrick Messerlin, Constantine Michalopoulos, Kristin Heim Mowry, Stilpon Nestor, Damien Neven, N. David Palmeter, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, André Sapir, Diane P. Wood, and Werner Zdouc.
Petros Mavroidis is Professor of Law, University of Neuchatel. Thomas Cottier is Professor of Law, Institute of European and International Economic Law, University of Bern Law School.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780472026456
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	05/06/2010
Series:	Studies In International Economics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Petros Mavroidis is Professor of Law, University of Neuchatel.

Thomas Cottier is Professor of Law, Institute of European and International Economic Law, University of Bern Law School.

Table of Contents

Contents Abbreviations and Acronyms Authors and Conference Participants Preface Part I: Introduction State Trading in the Twenty-First Century: An Overview / Petros C. Mavroidis and Thomas Cottier Part II: The Relevant Legal Framework 1. Article XVII GATT: An Overview / William J. Davey 2. Dealing with Monopolies and State Enterprises: WTO Rules for Goods and Services / Aaditya Mattoo 3. GATT Law on State Trading Enterprises: Critical Evaluation of Article XVII and Proposals for Reform / Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann 4. The Treatment of Activities of State Trading Enterprises under the WTO Subsidies Rules / Gary N. Horlick and Kristin Heim Mowry 5. The WTO Antidumping Agreement and the Economies in Transition / N. David Palmeter 6. Technology and State Enterprise in the WTO / Frederick M. Abbott 7. Comments / Werner Zdouc Part III: Regional Experience 8. EC Rules on State Monopolies and Public Undertakings: Any Relevance for the WTO? / Jacques H. J. Bourgeois 9. State Trading Enterprises and Multilateral Trade Rules: The Canadian Experience / Robert Howse 10. State Trading in the United States / Diane P. Wood 11. The Role of Articles 37 and 90 ECT in the Integration of EC Markets: The Case of Utilities / André Sapir 12. State Trading in Japan / Mitsuo Matsushita 13. Privatisation in the OECD Area: The Main Issues and Lessons / Stilpon Nestor 14. State Trading in China / William Martin and Christian Bach 15. State Trading in Russia / Vladimir Drebentsov and Constantine Michalopoulos 16. National Experiences in State Trading: Comments / Ichiro Araki Part IV: Conceptual Issues 17. State Trading: Rule Making Alternatives for Entities with Exclusive Rights / Bernard M. Hoekman and Patrick Low 18. Has Article 90 ECT Prejudged the Status of Property Ownership? / Petros C. Mavroidis and Patrick A. Messerlin 19. Comments / Damien J. Neven 20. Auctions as a Trade Policy Instrument / Toni Haniotis 21. Comment on Toni Haniotis' "Auctions as a Trade Policy Instrument" / Henrik Horn Part V: Conclusions 22. Conclusions: The Reach of Modern International Trade Law / Thomas Cottier and Petros C. Mavroidis Annexes A. The Legal Texts B. Transcript of Roundtable Discussion

Editorial Reviews

". . . the reach and inherent quality of [sic] articles certainly make the book a necessary reference for the policymakers, the negotiators of any future Round, and undoubtedly deepen the reflection of all those who desire to stay abreast of globalization."
—David Luff, Brussels University, Journal of International Economic Law, June 2000

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