Efforts to establish multilateral rules -- The Uruguay Round Agreement on rules of origin: the harmonization work programme of non-preferential rules of origin -- Phytosanitary measures (SPS) -- Preferential rules of origin -- The economics of rules of origin -- Drafting rules of origin in...

Biographical note : prof dr Peter LH van den Bossche -- Restoring trust in trade: introduction / Jens Hillebrand Pohl, Iveta Alexovičová and Denise Prévost -- Effecting global economic governance through the WTO : one step at a time / Mary E Footer -- Trade policies in support of inclusive...

China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 was rightly hailed as a huge step forward in international cooperation. However, China's participation in the WTO has been anything but smooth, with China alienating some of its trading partners, particularly the United States. The...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) oversees the negotiation and enforcement of formal rules governing international trade. Why do countries choose to adjudicate their trade disputes in the WTO rather than settling their differences on their own? In Why Adjudicate?, Christina Davis investigates...

The World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture has had a fundamental impact on agricultural policy worldwide. This book addresses the interface between the law, the WTO and agricultural policy reform, and brings together leading authorities in the law of international trade.