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Introduction -- Part I: Tied Aid in Context. 2. Food Aid ; 3. International Steps to Untie Aid: Ten Years since the Recommendation on Untying Aid ; 4. Tied Aid: The Example of Italy ; 5. Tied Aid: The Example of the UK ; 6. Tied Aid: The Rules on Access to EU External Assistance ; 7. Tied Aid: The Example of the USA -- Part II: Tied Aid and the EU. 8. Tied Aid and the External Competences of the EU ; 9. The Single Market and Tied Aid ; 10. Tied Aid Procurement and the EU Public Procurement Directives -- Part III: Tied Aid and the WTO. 11. Tied Aid and the WTO ; 12. Tied Aid and the GPA ; 13. Conclusions.

The genesis of the GATT summary / Petros C. Mavroidis -- Why the WTO? : an introduction to the economics of trade agreements / Gene M. Grossman and Henrik Horn -- Border instruments / Kyle Bagwell, Robert W. Staiger, and Alan O. Sykes -- National treatment / Gene M. Grossman, Henrik Horn, and Petros C. Mavroidis

This edited collection brings together an impressive array of authors from the world of international trade, the environment and public health. Each of them is eminently well-placed to bring their own particular expertise to bear on the issue at hand, and to do so in a knowledgeable and stimulating manner. This Research Handbook is a must for anyone interested in these overlapping fields of law and policy whether as a basis for learning or as a resource for further research. Mary Footer, University of Nottingham School of Law, UKThis fantastic collection of essays explores the multiple intersections between trade and environment in the WTO. The contributions by leading scholars are theoretically engaged whilst practical in their focus. It is a "must read" for those concerned to ensure that trade liberalisation does not stand in the way of sustainable development, including urgently needed action to mitigate the risks and consequences of climate change. Joanne Scott, University College London, UKGeert Van Calster and Denise Prévost have managed to induce virtually all the great experts on health, environment and WTO law to contribute to their Research Handbook on these subjects. The result is undoubtedly an excellent volume that should adorn the bookcase of any and all interested in the important problem of the relation between international rule-making and regulatory autonomy of states in this area of international economic law. Pieter Jan Kuijper, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThis Handbook provides state-of-the-art analysis by leading authors on the links between the international trade regime and health and environment concerns concerns that make up an increasing proportion of WTO dispute settlement.Research Handbook on Environment, Health and the WTO surveys fields as diverse as climate change mitigation, non-communicable diseases, nanotechnology and public health care. The volume brings to the fore the debates and complexities surrounding these issues and their implications for the international trading system.The Handbook begins in Part I with a survey of general issues that sets a context for the more specific sectorial studies. Part II considers the most pressing issues within health regulation and trade law, whilst Part III is devoted to environmental regulation and its interface with trade law. Part IV looks specifically at aspects of the dispute settlement process and in particular standard of review, and the book concludes in Part V with a consideration of the impact of trade measures on the health and environment regimes of emerging economies.This comprehensive yet concise Handbook will appeal to academics and researchers in international trade law and environmental law, as well as trade law practitioners

Gegenstand der Arbeit ist die Vereinbarkeit von nationalen Instrumenten zur Förderung der Stromerzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energien mit dem Recht der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO). Zur Förderung der Stromerzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energien führen Staaten häufig entweder sogenannte Einspeisevergütungssysteme (wie das deutsche Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz) oder sogenannten Quotenmodelle mit Zertifikatehandel ein. Durch die Fördersysteme wird dabei in der Regel nur die nationale Stromerzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energien gefördert. Ausländische Stromerzeuger werden dadurch benachteiligt, dass sie von einer Förderung unabhängig davon ausgeschlossen werden, ob sie Strom aus konventionellen Energieträgern (Graustrom) oder aus erneuerbaren Energien (Grünstrom) erzeugen. Im Rahmen der Arbeit wird insbesondere untersucht, ob rein nationale Fördersysteme mit dem WTO-Recht vereinbar sind. Thematisiert werden zudem die Vorgaben des WTO-Rechts für die Regulierung von Finanzdienstleistungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Handel von Grünstromzertifikaten

In der WTO und in der EU bestehen Ausnahmebestimmungen zur Rechtfertigung von legitimen Schutzzielen im Warenhandel. Diese machen es schwierig, die jeweilige Zielvorstellung, die Verwirklichung des Binnenmarktes bzw. eines liberalisierten Warenhandels, zu realisieren. Wie auf beiden Ebenen mit diesen ähnlichen Problemen und Aufgaben umgegangen wird, wird in dieser Arbeit untersucht. Dafür werden zunächst die jeweiligen Bestimmungen, die Handelshemmnisse abbauen sollen, verglichen. Anschließend werden die Ausnahmebestimmungen in beiden Rechtsordnungen einander gegenübergestellt. Dabei werden die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede thematisiert und Erklärungsversuche unternommen. Abschließend werden aus dem Vergleich der beiden Systeme rechtspolitische Forderungen aufgestellt, die zu einer Effektivierung des Schutzes bestimmter überragend wichtiger legitimer Schutzziele führen würden. Ausnahmebestimmungen im Warenhandel zur Rechtfertigung legitimer Schutzziele erschweren den Austausch von Waren und können für protektionistische Maßnahmen missbraucht werden. Diese Arbeit untersucht, wie jeweils WTO und EU die Abwägung zwischen Warenhandel und der Gewährleistung legitimer Schutzziele treffen und legt die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede dar. Auch werden Möglichkeiten zu einer Effektivierung des Schutzes bestimmter überragend wichtiger legitimer Schutzziele vorgeschlagen. Nach Abitur und Zivildienst in der Hamburger Bahnhofsmission studierte Tim Stoberock Jura an der Universität Hamburg und in Aix-en-Provence. Nach dem ersten Staatsexamen 2004 absolvierte er ein LL.M.-Studiengang in Durham. Im Anschluss an das Referendariat in Hamburg und Phnom Penh war er ein Jahr lang neben der Promotion in einer größeren Sozietät und an der Bucerius Law School tätig. Seit 2009 ist er Staatsanwalt. Nach einem Jahr als Amtsrichter bearbeitet er nunmehr besonders umfangreiche Wirtschaftsstrafverfahren.

This book examines the effectiveness of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) in pursuing the developmental objectives of the WTO is a whole.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Globalisation -- The Regulation of International Trade: The Multilateral System; Theories, Qualifications, History and Objectives -- The Uruguay Round Agreements -- Dispute Settlement in the GATT 1947 and the WTO -- DSU Review -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book explores the ill-defined and oft-underestimated relationship between the World Trade Organization (WTO) and taxation. By adopting a two-pronged approach, the relationship is examined in terms of the extent to which the WTO legal framework exerts influence upon domestic tax law and international tax policy, and whether it is appropriate for the WTO to play a regulatory role in the field of taxation. The book begins with an examination of the historical development of international trade law and international tax law, and demonstrates that these two separate areas of law are closely linked in terms of their underlying principles and historical evolution. The work then goes on to offer a doctrinal analysis of the tax content found in the WTO legal texts and highlights ambiguities therein

This book is a review of the development of the WTO dispute resolution procedure and the power and influence it has gained over the practises of the member countries as well as in other international treaties. The book addresses the development of environmental competency in the WTO and examines the arguments of those who oppose WTO rule making with impacts on the environment. The WTO's interactions with multilateral environmental agreements are considered and recent WTO cases including the 2011 US/Mexico tuna dispute and the US sea turtles decision are analysed in detail. In examining how an international organisation which was established with a specific purpose in mind has come to interact in fields beyond its original remit, James Watson demonstrates how the dispute resolution system at the WTO has come to work in a judicialised manner, operating with an informal system of precedent. This has led to the contracting parties placing more reliance on the decisions of the dispute panels and appeal body when considering policy options, with WTO rulings increasingly influencing the behaviour of national legislatures in regard to the environment. The book goes on to make concrete recommendations, based on existing practise in the WTO dispute resolution procedure, which could enhance decision making in environmental cases heard by the WTO. The book argues that this could be achieved with straightforward amendments to the WTO, based on existing practices endorsed under the WTO for other policy considerations. The WTO and the Environment will be of particular interest to academics and students of International and Environmental law.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is often accused of, at best, not paying enough attention to human rights or, at worst, facilitating and perpetuating human rights abuses. This book weighs these criticisms and examines their validity, incorporating legal arguments as well as some economic and political science perspectives. After introducing the respective WTO and human rights regimes, and discussing their legal and normative relationship to each other, the book presents a detailed analysis of the main human rights concerns relating to the WTO. These include the alleged democratic deficit within the Organization and the impact of WTO rules on the right to health, labour rights, the right to food, and on questions of poverty and development. Given that some of the most important issues within the WTO concern its impact on poor people within developing States, the book asks whether rich States have an obligation to the people of poorer States to construct a fairer trading system that better facilitates the alleviation of poverty and development. Against this background, the book examines the current Doha round proposals as well as suggestions for reform of the WTO to make it more 'human rights-friendly'

A relatively new frontier for legal and policy analysis, technical barriers to trade (TBT's) have become more common as traditional border barriers have been reduced. This comprehensive Handbook comprises original essays by eminent trade scholars exploring the implications of the WTO's TBT Agreement. The TBT Agreement imposes disciplines on the manner in which WTO member countries adopt and maintain technical measures, recognizing the importance of such measures to advance legitimate domestic policy goals such as health, safety and environmental objectives, but also the potential for technical