The WTO After Seattle / Edition 1

by Jeffrey Schott

Overview

The failure of the Seattle trade ministerial in December 1999 to launch a new round of multilateral trade negotiations dealt a major blow to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Seattle meetings exposed significant policy differences among the WTO member countries as well as shortcomings in the way the WTO conducts its business and interacts with other international and nongovernmental organizations. The WTO after Seattle analyzes the problems and challenges facing the trading system in the aftermath of the Seattle ministerial. Leading trade experts examine why it is in the interests of both developed and developing countries to reengage in new trade talks, and how such talks could promote world trade and economic development, reform WTO operations, and strengthen public support for the trading system.

The volume presents balanced perspectives on world trade problems by authors from the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, with recommendations on what needs to be done in key areas to launch new talks. The authors address the WTO's existing mandate to negotiate on agriculture and services, as well as how to handle new issues such as investment, competition policy, e-commerce, and trade-related environmental and labor issues. The editor, Jeffrey J. Schott, provides a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the WTO and of what needs to be done to begin a new round.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780881322903
Publisher:	Peterson Institute for International Economics
Publication date:	07/01/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jeffrey J. Schott joined the Peterson Institute for International Economics in 1983 and is a senior fellow working on international trade policy and economic sanctions. Durgaing his tenure at the Institute, Schott was also a visiting lecturer at Princeton University (1994) and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University (1986–88). He was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1982–83) and an official of the US Treasury Department (1974–82) in international trade and energy policy. Durgaing the Tokyo Round of multilateral trade negotiations, he was a member of the US delegation that negotiated the GATT Subsidies Code. Since January 2003, he has been a member of the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee of the US government. He is also a member of the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy.

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
	Foreword: Reflections from Seattle	xiii
	Acknowledgments	xix
I	Overview
1	The WTO after Seattle	3
II	Interests and Objectives of the Major Trading Nations
2	The United States' Interest in New Global Trade Negotiations	43
3	The EU Approach to a New Round	53
4	Some Reflections on the Seattle Ministerial: Toward the Relaunching of a New Round	59
5	The World Trading System: Seattle and Beyond	65
6	Developing Countries' Interests in a "Development Round"	71
7	Seattle and Beyond: Developing-Country Perspectives	85
III	The WTO Agenda: Existing Mandates
8	Agriculture and the Next WTO Round	91
9	Towards a More Balanced and Comprehensive Services Agreement	119
10	Intellectual Property Issues for the New Round	137
11	Antidumping and Safeguards	159
IV	The WTO Agenda: New Issues
12	Getting Beyond No ...! Promoting Worker Rights and Trade	187
13	Trade, Competition, and the WTO Agenda	205
14	Investment Issues	223
15	Environment and the Trading System: Picking Up the Post-Seattle Pieces	243
16	Electronic Commerce in the WTO	253
V	The WTO Agenda: Institutional Issues
17	Dispute Settlement and a New Round	269
18	Decision Making in the WTO	283

Editorial Reviews

Extraordinarily timely... a very rich source of fresh expertise for everybody interested in the origin, the consequences, the trade-offs, and the options for the multilateral trading system after the shock of Seattle.

Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv - Rolf J. Langhammer

A fine critique of the past and a good roadmap for the future.

Sam Gibbons

Sharing some protest fallout from the December 1999 World Trade Organization Seattle meeting, the Institute for International Economics conference produced these 18 views on major trading nations' interests and WTO agenda issues. Economist Schott argues for an improved system of global governance. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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