The WTO and Accession Countries (Critical Perspectives on the Global Trading System and the Wto) 2-vol set (Critical Perspectives on the Global Trading System and the WTO series, 17) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848440766 ISBN 13: 9781848440760

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

In this essential two-volume collection, the editors include key papers on the domestic and global challenges of WTO accession. The first volume explores the intertwined economic, legal, and political dimensions of the process. The second volume explores country case studies and sector-specific issues such as agriculture, services and intellectual property. This comprehensive anthology is an invaluable reference source for scholars and practitioners grappling with the increasing complexity of WTO accession.

About this title

About the Author:

Edited by Carlos A. Primo Braga, Associate Professor, Fundação Dom Cabra, Brazil, Visiting Professor, IMD Business School, Switzerland and Olivier Cattaneo, Senior Trade Specialist, The World Bank, US

Review:

'Accession to the WTO is a complex, long and unique process. Carlos Primo Braga and Olivier Cattaneo have assembled an impressive collection of literature that analyzes accessions from an economic, legal, political and sectoral perspective, as well as some country-case studies. This is the state-of-the-art of what we know about accessions. The editors bring it all together in the introduction, posing the right and difficult questions and making critical observations. This publication is a must to both understand and improve these negotiations that currently involve the Members of the WTO with 29 acceding candidates.'--Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director General, The World Trade Organization, Switzerland

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848440766
• ISBN 13: 9781848440760
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 992
• Editor: Primo Braga Carlos A., Cattaneo Oliver