Little progress has been made since the creation of the WTO in expanding and deepening the coverage of services … for the WTO; (iv) standard political economy factors such as adjustment costs and resistance by incumbents to erosion of … rents; and (v) concerns that the WTO will affect the ability of regulators to enforce national norms. We argue that all of …

security of market access. Its conclusion would strengthen, symbolically and substantively, the WTO’s valuable role in …

then raises the question why no agreement could be reached in the WTO to launch negotiations on competition law. In this … Paper we review what was on the table in the WTO and discuss the lessons that are suggested by the seven-year effort in the … WTO to develop a negotiating/cooperation agenda. We argue that the process was a productive one, as it helped identify …

access opportunities and WTO disciplines are briefly summarized. Some of these reflect good intentions towards developing …

This book examines the conditions under which PPM measures may be adopted under WTO law de lege lata and de lege … and environment debate. Even though the US-Shrimp case showed that PPM measures are not prohibited per se under the GATT … justifiable under WTO law, for example in the field of trade measures relating to climate change mitigation efforts, natural …