Trade and investment rule-making : the role of regional and bilateral agreements /
edited by Stephen Woolcock.
- Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2006.
- xvii, 265 p. ; 24 cm.
"UNU-CRIS"--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the interaction between levels of rule-making in international trade and investment / Stephen Woolcock -- Rule-making in agricultural trade : RTAs and the multilateral trading system / Charles Tsai -- The interaction between levels of rule-making in international trade and investment: the case of sanitary and phytosanitary measures / Grant E. Isaac -- Preferential rules of origin : models and levels of rule-making / Luis Jorge Garay and Philippe de Lombaerde -- The interaction between levels of rule-making in public procurement / Stephen Woolcock -- Assessing the interaction between levels of rule-making : trade in telecommunications services / Heidi Ullrich -- The international regulation of IPRs in a TRIPs and TRIPs-plus world / Meir P. Pugatch -- International investment rules / Joakim Reiter -- Conclusions / Stephen Woolcock.
"Regional trade agreements are playing a greater role in shaping trade and investment rules around the world. To date the study of preferential agreements has focused on their impact on tariff preferences, but as tariffs are reduced rule-making becomes more important in trade and investment. This book addresses the role of regional and bilateral agreements in rule-making; provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of regional and other preferential agreements on rule-making; and illustrates the role of regional agreements in a multi-level process of rule-making.--Publisher's description."--From source other than the Library of Congress