The Legality of Bailout and Buy Nationals : International Trade Law in a Crisis

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Table of cases -- 1 -- Introduction -- I. Overview -- II. Promoting Competition -- III. Government Procurement Law and Policy -- IV. Integrating Competition and Government Procurement Laws -- V. Private Anti-Competitive Behaviour -- VI. Assessing the Legality of the Crisis Measures in Six Case Study Countries -- VII. The Enforcement of International Trade Law in a Crisis -- VIII. The Outline of the Book -- Part I: The Rules Governing Bailoutsand Buy-Nationals -- 2 -- The International Framework -- I. Introduction -- II. Competition Policy and Non-Discrimination under the GATT -- III. Competition and Public Procurement under the GATT -- IV. GATT Article I:1 Most Favoured Nation and Government Procurement -- V. Buy-Nationals under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures -- VI. Competition Policy under the GATS: Bailouts and Buy-Nationals -- VII. The WTO Government Procurement Agreement and Competition -- VIII. Conclusions -- 3 -- The Regional Rules -- I. Overview -- II. Selecting the RTAs for Assessment -- III. The USA's RTAs -- IV. Brazil's RTAs -- V. India's RTAs -- VI. The EU's RTAs -- VII. TFEU State Aid Rules under WTO Commitments -- VIII. Conclusions -- 4 -- Characterising the Rules -- I. Introduction -- II. Assessing the Provisions -- III. The Nature of Legal Obligations -- IV. The Nature of Selected WTO Obligations -- V. WTO GPA Provisions -- VI. WTO ASCM Provisions -- VII. Characterising the Selected RTA Provisions -- VIII. The TFEU and the Role of the European Commission -- IX. Summary Conclusions -- Part II: The Case StudiesInternational Trade Law in a Crisis:Who Makes it and Who Breaks it? -- 5 -- Assessing the Legality of Bailouts and Buy-Nationals -- I. US Fiscal Bailout Measures -- II. Brazil"s Bailout Measures in the Financial Sector