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Self-Enforcing Trade: Developing Countries and WTO Dispute Settlement

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Self-Enforcing Trade: Developing Countries and WTO Dispute Settlement

Contributors:

By (Author) Chad P. Bown

ISBN:

9780815703235

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Brookings Institution

Publication Date:

3rd November 2009

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Political economy

Dewey:

382

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

300

Dimensions:

Width 155mm, Height 233mm, Spine 21mm

Weight:

445g

Description

The World Trade Organizationbackbone of todays international commercial relationsrequires member countries to self-enforce exporters access to foreign markets. Its dispute settlement system is the crown jewel of the international trading system, but its benefits still fall disproportionately to wealthy nations. Could the system be doing more on behalf of developing countries In Self-Enforcing Trade, Chad P. Bown explains why the answer is an emphatic yes.

Reviews

"Chad Bown is rapidly joining the ranks of the most influential trade analysts of his generation. This book shows why. He examines the ways in which developing countries can effectively exercise their WTO-defined rights to access foreign markets, drawing on insights from economics, politics, and law. Both scholars and policymakers will profit from this masterly analysis." Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor, Economics and Law, Columbia University

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"In over sixty years of the multilateral trading system, the settlement of disputes has evolved from diplomatic consultations to a highly sophisticated and effective system to apply WTO law to particular disputes. In a deep and penetrating analysis, Chad Bown sheds new light on the reality. His analysis and suggestions are timely and important." Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director-General, WTO

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"When it comes to the world trading system, there is hardly a more timely and important issue than how the WTO can better serve developing countries. Chad Bown is uniquely qualified to provide the authoritative account of this issue from an economic and legal perspective, and does so admirably in this book." Robert Staiger, Stanford University

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"In this carefully researched book, Chad Bown offers a reader a clear and comprehensive analysis of the trade dispute settlement system. This is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary issues of world trade or in how nations deal with the competition that is a natural byproduct of globalization." Judith Goldstein, Janet Peck Professor of International Communication and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University

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"This is the most insightful work I have seen regarding the positioning of developing countries in WTO dispute settlement. The author masterfully explains the hurdles preventing developing countries from acceding to WTO adjudication, and advances meaningful and realistic proposals to overcome them. It is my hope that practitioners will read and engage, and that policymakers will be inspired by this excellent volume." Petros C. Mavroidis, Columbia Law School and University of Neuchtel

Author Bio

"Chad P. Bown is a fellow in Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution and an associate professor in the Department of Economics and International Business School at Brandeis University."

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